Successfully held Invest Da Nang Seminar in Bremen state
On the afternoon of September 12, 2022 (local time), at Bremen State City Hall, Invest Da Nang Seminar was took place. The seminar was attended by Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council; Mr. Ngo Xuan Thang, Chairman of the City's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; Mr. Vu Quang Minh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Germany; Ms. Kristina Vogt, Bremen State Minister of Economy, Labor and Europe; Mr. Christian Gutschimidt, Director of the Department of Management and External Relations, Bremen; Mr. Andreas Heyer, Executive Director of the Bremen State Economic Development Agency; with delegates from organizations, business associations, investors in Bremen and neighboring states.
In the opening speech, Mr. Ngo Xuan Thang, Chairman of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, expressed his pleasure that the cooperation relationship between Vietnam in general and Da Nang in particular with partners in Germany has achieved many positive results in the coming years. In order to promote and attract overseas resources, accelerate socio-economic development, in collaboration with the Bremen State Government, the city organized an Investment Promotion Conference in Da Nang to create a show The forum provides information about the environment, investment opportunities and hopes that more and more German businesses and tourists choose Da Nang as a place to stop for investment, business, resort, as a bridge to support the success of the business. The city connects with investors and the European community.
Bremen authorities and business representatives heard the delegation briefly introduce the achievements of socio-economic development of Da Nang in recent years, gradually becoming a dynamic city, playing the role of The key areas of the city are focusing on attracting investment from Da Nang city. As one of the 5 largest cities in Vietnam, it has advantages both in terms of strategic location, developed infrastructure, quality human resources, favorable business and living environment, world-renowned fields, The strengths of Bremen and German investors such as marine economic development, aerospace technology, high technology, supporting industries, information technology, logistics, innovation... are appropriate. with the investment attraction orientation of Da Nang.
At the seminar, Mr. Ricardo Benussi, representative of Dezan Shira & Associates Company, said that German businesses highly appreciate Danang's investment environment with its competitive advantages in terms of infrastructure, human resources, and investment opportunities. government support for investors. According to him, Da Nang's urban scale and industrial infrastructure are suitable for attracting projects in the fields of ICT, high technology, and tourism. Mr. Kolja Umland, Managing Director for ASEAN and Vietnam, Bremen State Economic Development Authority, said that with the available strengths, Da Nang is a potential destination for Bremen businesses. Speaking of Mr. Marko Walde, Chief Representative of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam, Mr. Paul Weinig, Director of the German Language Center in Da Nang about the strengths of natural conditions with beautiful beaches, quality The good quality of life of Da Nang city are advantages, suitable for European businesses in general and Germany in particular.
Attending the event, Mr. Vu Quang Minh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Germany highly appreciated the fact that the high-ranking delegation of Da Nang city has organized external activities. , investment promotion, tourism in Germany right after the Covid-19 epidemic is under control. Ambassador Vu Quang Minh congratulated the conference on its successful organization and said that the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the two investment promotion agencies of Da Nang and Bremen at the event would create an important foundation to further the cooperation in the field of economic development cooperation and is the basis for development in many fields. From the perspective of a diplomatic agency, the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany will provide maximum support for the effective implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding as well as for German investors to learn and implement the project in Da Nang city. Nang.
Concluding speech, Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council concluded, The workshop creates conditions and opportunities for businesses and investors in Bremen state in particular, at Germany in general knows more about Da Nang city. In the coming time, the orientation of Da Nang city to attract foreign direct investment is to continue to give priority to attracting projects in hi-tech, advanced and environmentally friendly industries and fields. environment, clean energy, renewable energy; services, high-quality tourism, financial services, logistics and other modern services; develop modern technical infrastructure, especially new industries on the basis of industry 4.0. Da Nang City has been allowed by the Government of Vietnam to implement the Smart City Project, the Urban Government Model, and the Urban Planning Project.
The Invest Da Nang semiar
The seminar was held at Bremen Town Hall - World Cultural Heritage, a place of historical significance, symbol of the State of Bremen together with a Memorandum of Understanding between the Danang Investment Promotion Agency and the Bremen Economic Development Agency have marked a new page in the cooperation relationship between Da Nang city and Germany in general and Bremen state in particular, making a meaningful contribution on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany (September 23, 1975 - September 23, 2022).
Developing the relationship between the two localities of Da Nang and Bremen
On the same day, Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council had a meeting with the Bremen state government agency chaired by Ms. Kristina Vogt, Minister of Economy, Labor and Europe. maintain the group. Also attending were Mr. Ngo Xuan Thang, Chairman of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and Mr. Vu Quang Minh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Germany.
The parties discussed the situation and prospects in the cooperation relationship between Vietnam and Germany in general, as well as between Da Nang and Bremen in particular.
Meeting with the Minister of Labor, Economy and Europe of Bremen
At the meeting, on the basis of providing brief information on the socio-economic situation as well as development orientation of Da Nang city, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee Luong Nguyen Minh Triet highly appreciated the potential of cooperation. between the two sides in the fields of manufacturing industry, automation, shipping, logistics, information technology, high-quality education, etc. According to similar economic development points and in line with the target of attraction investment, trade development, business connection between the two localities, in the coming time the city will consider raising the level of cooperation between the two localities.
Joining the meeting, Ambassador Vu Quang Minh expressed his delight at the effective initial cooperation between the two sides, that the Da Nang delegation visited and worked as well as held an Investment Promotion Seminar. opportunity for the parties to see projects and fields with great potential for development in the future. Regarding the opinion of Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, on strengthening the cooperation relationship more comprehensively, the Ambassador said that Bremen and Da Nang are both seaport cities with great potential. cooperation and expressed the wish that Vietnam will have Da Nang as the first city in Southeast Asia to be twinned with Bremen. According to the Ambassador, Vietnam and Germany have a special relationship, Germany is Vietnam's largest trading partner in Europe and Vietnam is Germany's largest trading partner in ASEAN. expected to have the first twin city with Bremen from Southeast Asia to promote investment and trade cooperation.
On the side of the Bremen state government, Ms. Kristina Vogt, Bremen's Minister of Economy, Labor and Europe expressed her pleasure to welcome the city's leaders to visit and work. Ms. Kristina Vogt said that the potential for development of relations between Bremen and Da Nang is very large, especially in the field where Bremen has potential and strengths. Bremen is the center of commerce and industry, automation, shipping, logistics and marine economic exploitation, aerospace industry, renewable energy, seafood processing, frozen and food In addition, with the strength of developing the marine economy with a workforce of more than 40,000 people working for 1,300 companies, transporting 1.5 million tons of goods per year, the second largest container port in Germany and the fourth. in Europe in Bremen and the car industry with the second largest Mercedes-Benz factory in the world, Bremen has many areas to strengthen cooperation with the city of Da Nang. Ms. Kristina Vogt said that Bremen state also wishes to cooperate with Da Nang to strengthen economic cooperation, implement trade promotion activities, and connect businesses of the two localities in the coming time.
Developing high-quality education, science and technology in Da Nang city
On the morning of September 12, 2022 (local time), the delegation had a meeting and worked with the leadership of Jacobs University Bremen (JUB). Attending the meeting were Mr. Philipp Roesler, former Deputy Prime Minister of Germany, Senior Vice President of Acronic Group, strategic advisor of Dr. Serg Bell - Jacobs University investor and project proposals in Vietnam (Dr. Serg Bell is a billionaire with total assets of about 2.5 billion USD, founder of more than 20 companies around the world, including Swiss software "unicorn" Acronis - the world's leading startup in security and cybersecurity. Serg Bell is a senior founding partner of Runa Capital, Phystech Ventures and QWave Capital Venture Funds... ).
At the meeting, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council Luong Nguyen Minh Triet informed the leadership of JUB about the development of the city's education and training field over the past time. Da Nang city currently has 36 universities and colleges, 70 vocational training institutions providing about 24,000 graduates each year. The training institutions in the city are constantly expanding their scale, diversifying professions and training forms, renovating training programs and methods to meet the increasing requirements of the market. labor market, especially in key fields such as high technology, information technology, digital transformation, etc.
Former Deputy Chancellor of Germany Philipp Roesler highly appreciated the similarities in the human resource development orientation of Danang and the training strengths of Jacobs University and emphasized that these are potential cooperation opportunities for the two sides. need to be exploited.
On the university side, Prof. Dr. Arvid Kappas, Jacobs University manager said, with strengths in training in computer science, natural science, biomedicine, human resource management, technology research and development, artificial intelligence, etc. Jacobs University is currently interested in developing joint training programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as many projects linking short-term training, research and student exchange with students. universities.
The delegation highly appreciated the proposals of Jacobs University with the message that it is ready to support and create conditions for Jacobs University to invest in this field in Da Nang. At the same time, the delegation suggested that Acronic Group and Jacobs University be interested in implementing the cooperation agreements signed with FPT Corporation related to the field of education in Da Nang city; introduce the University of Danang and a number of other training institutions in the city that have joint training and research programs in line with the development and research goals of Jacobs University.
In addition, the city's leaders noted the proposals of interested in researching investment projects to build Research and Development Center, Technology Park ... of the school and the investor in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Jacobs University in Bremen was established in 2001, has strengths in the fields of research and development, information technology, natural sciences, human resource management, etc. In Germany, the university is among the two universities. top young university and recognized as the best private university in the country. In the "Young University Rankings 2021" of the British magazine "Times Higher Education" (THE) for universities under 50 years old, Jacobs University ranked 27th out of 475 universities worldwide.
Promote to open the new flight routes, attract more tourists from the European market
Within the framework of the business trip, on the morning of September 13, 2022, the delegation had a meeting with the leaders of TUI Group, Mr. Stafan Baumert, CEO - CEO of TUI Group and Mr. Artur Gerber, Director of TUI Group. Managing Director of TUI Blue hotel brand.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council congratulated TUI Group on launching the first hotel in Vietnam branded TUI BLUE. South Hoi An. He said that Da Nang's tourism industry has recovered and developed strongly, becoming one of the top destinations for domestic and international tourists after the severe effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. Previously, out of a total of 9 million tourists to Da Nang city, there were more than 2.5 million foreign visitors, but the European market only accounted for about 10%, so the city wants to attract more tourists from abroad. this market.
As a coastal city with strengths in natural conditions, high-quality human resources, and world-class tourism infrastructure, Da Nang focuses on developing and inviting beach resort and tourism products. MICE, ecotourism with high quality for the European market. Accordingly, city leaders proposed TUI Group to coordinate and support the city in developing and implementing a strategy to promote the destination of Da Nang and the Central region, Vietnam to the European tourist market; promoting charter flights from Nordic countries to Da Nang and researching and deploying, opening more TUI brand in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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