On June 11, in Ha Long city, Secretary of Quang Ninh Provincial Party’s Committee cum Chairman of Provincial People’s Council, Nguyen Xuan Ky, had a courtesy reception to the delegation of Indian Embasssy to Vietnam, led by Pranay Verma – the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Vietnam.
At the reception, Secretary Nguyen Xuan Ky expressed his delight at the development of cooperation relationship between Vietnam and India and hoped that the Ambassador Pranay Verma’s working visit would be a brigde to attract more Indian groups and investors to invest in Quang Ninh as well as connect India’s famous universities to open online hightech training courses for Quang Ninh. The Secretary also suggests the opening of a direct flight from New Delhi capital to Van Don International Airport, thereby promoting tourism activties between the two countries.
For his part, Mr Pranay Verma thanked Quang Ninh’s Secretary for his warm welcome and highly appreciated Quang Ninh’s fast growth, strategic orientations and preferential policies in investment attraction. The Ambassador also made a snapshot about potential and advantages of India that may make good cooperation possibilities between the two sides. For instance, the Indian investors are looking for the location of investing information technology complex and pharmaceutical manufacture center. In addition, Ha Long Bay with magnificient scenery would be a great location for Indian Bollywood to make famous movies and this can be a good opportunity for Quang Ninh tourism promotion. He also shared the idea of organising International Yoga Day in Quang Ninh. Having said that, the Ambassador affirmed that he would do his best to strengthen the cooperation relationship between India and Vietnam in general and with Quang Ninh in particular.
After the reception, Quang Ninh’s Secretay accompanied the Indian Ambassador to the Square Oct 30 (Hong Hai ward, Ha Long city) – an ideal venue for the organization of International Yoga Day.
The Indian Ambassador affirmed that Quang Ninh is really a great place to hold international cultural events. Therefore, Indian Embasssy to Vietnam will closely coordinate with Quang Ninh province and Vietnamese authorities so that the International Yoga Day could be held as soon as possible.
Translated by Thu Giang
