Within the framework of the working visit to Nam Ninh city, China, on the afternoon of September 18, Mr. Pham Van Thinh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and the Bac Ninh Provincial Working Delegation attended the Nam Ninh City - Nam Ninh - Hanoi Economic Corridor 2025 Exchange Conference.
The conference aims to have in-depth dialogue and exchanges with leaders of localities in countries in the ASEAN region on promoting the development of high-quality urban areas using artificial intelligence. Thereby, building a new model of China - ASEAN artificial intelligence cooperation. The conference demonstrated a strategic vision on cooperation between Nam Ninh city and international friendly cities in the AI era.

Here, the leaders of Bac Ninh province and Nam Ninh city re-signed a memorandum of understanding between the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province and the People's Government of Nam Ninh city under the name of the new Bac Ninh province, in order to continue to strengthen and further develop the friendship and cooperation between the two local governments.
The Memorandum of Understanding emphasized cooperation in the fields of economy, culture and society between the two localities.
In terms of economy, the two sides agreed to strengthen trade cooperation, continue to create conditions for businesses of both sides to explore investment and trade cooperation opportunities, support businesses to deploy cross-border trade investment, and jointly provide high-quality services to businesses of both sides, on the basis of compliance with the laws of each country.
In the fields of culture and society, the two sides agreed on the contents related to cooperation in human resource development in the form of short-term training; granting scholarships to students, supporting the construction of schools; cooperating in vocational training and providing high-quality human resources to attract investment; organizing youth exchanges; organizing festivals, sports competitions, art performances, exhibitions according to the content and form suitable for both sides...
Earlier, on the same afternoon, Mr. Pham Van Thinh and the working delegation of Bac Ninh province worked with the leaders of Nam Ninh Urban Railway Company Limited Group.
This is a Chinese State-owned corporation with the task of developing the railway system in Nam Ninh city and surrounding areas.
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Van Thinh hopes and sincerely invites the group's leaders to soon visit and learn about opportunities for cooperation in investment in developing the urban railway system in Bac Ninh province.