Following the talk show in the morning of April 19^th , Long An province continued to hold a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Vietnam and the Korean business delegation to discuss, exchange and expand the opportunities of development cooperation between the parties.

The program had the participation of Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Provincial Party Secretary; Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mr. Nguyen Van Ut - Standing Deputy Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Nguyen Minh Lam - Member of Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Pham Tan Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Leaders’ representatives of the Departments, Boards and industries of the province

On the side of foreign agencies and organizations, there was the participation of Mr. Park Noh Wan - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Mr. Cho Han Deog – Country Director of KOICA Vietnam Office; along with representatives of the Korean Federation in Vietnam, Korea Chamber of Business in Vietnam 

(KORCHAM); the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency KOTRA, Vietnam - Korea investment promotion unit SMBL and typical Korean investment groups such as: SK, Samsung, Lotte, Hanwha, Handong, BusyRun, ES Vina, Shinhan, Nice Info, etc.

On the side of SAIGONTEL, there was the participation of Mr. Dang Thanh Tam - Chairman of of the company; Ms. Nguyen Cam Phuong – General Director of SAIGONTEL and representatives of heads, departments and employees of SAIGONTEL.

Overview of the working session in the afternoon of April 19^th

At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc - Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Long An People's Council shared the potential and development strategy of Long An province in the near future. In addition, Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc emphasized that the province always creates the best favorable conditions for Korean investors to invest in Long An.

With the appreciation for the warm welcome from Long An province, Mr. Park Noh Wan - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea said that he was very impressed with the local development achievements in recent years; thereby committing to make efforts to connect and promote the relationship between Long An province and Korean organizations and businesses in the near future.

Head of the Long An Economic Zone Management Board - Mr. Nguyen Thanh Thanh also had a presentation and introduced the project to develop a Model Economic Zone in the Southern Region following the model of world economic zones.

As an investor with more than 20 years of experience in attracting FDI and investing in nearly 30 industrial parks nationwide, Mr. Dang Thanh Tam - Chairman of Saigon Investment Group (SGI) and Chairman of SAIGONTEL has exchanged to Korean investors. Accordingly, Mr. Dang Thanh Tam emphasized: "With the strategic geographical position, abundant industrial land fund along with clear legal policies, Long An attracts many FDI sources across the country in the past few years. This is an opportunity for investors and experts to survey and invest. In the future, when the infrastructure is completed and synchronized, the land fund in Long An is increasingly reduced, it is expected that FDI wave will be exploded. Therefore, SAIGONTEL commits to always accompany investors and sends experts to survey and supports enterprises throughout the investment process."

On the side of Long An, Mr. Dang Thanh Tam shared and commented: "In order to reduce the investment process, the province should review the entire planting land status and make new planning to properly assess the current land status. At the same time, the province should also promote the investment completion in strategic transport routes to promote investment attraction as soon as possible."

Mr. Dang Thanh Tam - Chairman of SAIGONTEL spoke at the meeting

In particular, at the meeting, Mr. Dang Thanh Tam also gave some recommendations and solutions to Korean investors. That is the synchronous implementation and roadmap of investment in Long An province, the methods of settling some obstacles in investment; thereby highlighting SAIGONTEL's role in supporting businesses to invest and making recommendations to help quickly disburse ODA, etc. These are practical and effective initiatives that will be the orientation for Korean investors in the upcoming steps.

The meeting was followed by the information exchange between leaders of Long An province and investors. After that, the provincial leaders also expressed his thanks to the Korean Ambassador and the Korean business delegation for their interest and desire to invest in the province, especially SAIGONTEL company that is a bridge connecting the province with investors. He hoped to receive the support and cohesion of the Korean Ambassador to strengthen the cooperation relationship between the parties.

Leaders of Long An province and SAIGONTEL took souvenir photos with the Korean delegation

Communication Department