Advantages from two growth poles
Speaking at the Conference, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Can Tho City Party Committee Le Quang Tung - said that Can Tho City is entering a new stage of development with many greater opportunities.
With its position as a centrally-run city, the driving force center of the Mekong Delta region (Mekong Delta), Can Tho is focusing on building and promoting the region's role in trade, services, logistics, processed agriculture, high-tech agriculture, specialized medicine, education and training, science and technology and innovation.
In the current context, strengthening the relationship between Can Tho and Hanoi is extremely important, not only for the development of the two localities, but also to promote the linkage between the Red River Delta and the Mekong Delta region.
The conference is also an opportunity for leaders of the two localities, the business community and investors to meet, exchange and seek practical and effective cooperation opportunities" - Mr. Tung informed.
Mr. Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee - informed that Hanoi is identified as the national political and administrative center; a place to converge and spread the cultural, intellectual, and resource quintessence of the country; a constructive center playing a leading role, shaping the development thinking model and being the nucleus and connecting center of the region and growth pole of the whole country.
Today's conference not only expands cooperative relations between the two localities, but more importantly, together find solutions to a larger requirement of how to effectively connect the development drivers of the country; turn the potential advantages of each locality into the advantages of each country; form a value chain in a new development space" - Mr. Tran Duc Thang acknowledged.
Creating conditions for Can Tho to expand its market in the North
Hanoi Party Secretary said that Can Tho and Hanoi have many complementary advantages for each other. Because one side has market advantages, science and technology, finance, services and innovation; the other side has advantages in agriculture, logistics, processing, and export.
On that basis, he suggested 5 contents that can be effectively linked in the coming time. In which, special priority is given to building an economic linkage chain between production and consumption areas in a modern, efficient, and sustainable direction.
Regarding promoting investment cooperation to create new production capacity, Mr. Tran Duc Thang said that Hanoi is focusing on developing high-tech industries, supporting industries, and the digital economy, while Can Tho has room to develop agricultural, aquatic, and industrial processing.
Thus, the two localities need to encourage leading businesses to invest in suitable fields, creating conditions for Can Tho businesses to expand their market in the North. The important thing is to prioritize projects that are actually capable of immediate implementation" - Mr. Tran Duc Thang said.
Along with that, it is necessary to study linking the formation of a modern logistics and trade corridor between Hanoi and Can Tho and the Mekong Delta region; develop regional linked tourism; promote scientific and technological cooperation, innovation and digital transformation.
In addition to the above contents, Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee also suggested cooperation in health and education.
Can Tho is striving to become a specialized medical center in the Mekong Delta region, we hope that Hanoi, with its leading large and reputable hospitals in the country, will support Can Tho in training medical and educational personnel, thereby improving the quality in the Mekong Delta region" - Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen emphasized.
Hanoi Party Secretary also expressed concern about the fact that currently, the prices of agricultural and aquatic products of the Mekong Delta are listed on the market quite high, however, the actual value that farmers directly receive is still quite limited. He suggested that businesses pay attention to the issue of prices, so that farmers can enjoy commensurate production value and be eligible for regeneration.
