The Opening Ceremony was attended by Mr. Tran Hong Ha - Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC); Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter - President of Horasis; Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - Chairman of Becamex IDC Corporation, as well as representatives of ministries, central departments, provinces, cities, domestic and international associations and businesses.
Binh Duong - the convergence of "Horasis Meetings"
Through four times of organizing the Horasis Meetings, i.e., the Horasis Asia Meeting in 2018, 2019, 2023, and the Horasis India 2022, Binh Duong has left a good impression in the hearts of international friends of a dynamic, friendly, and peaceful Binh Duong, which is an attractive destination for investors.
Following that success, Binh Duong province has prepared full conditions to organize the Horasis China Meeting 2024. In 2023, Binh Duong was honored as Smart Community - Top 1 ICF 2023 with recognition from a team of expert judges from many regions around the world. With the success of applying the triple helix model and flexibility, the province has strongly promoted innovation, humanity, and efforts to serve the community in building Binh Duong Smart City.
Leaders of the government and Binh Duong province attend the Meeting's Opening Ceremony
Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Meeting, Mr. Vo Van Minh - Chairman of the PPC emphasized that Horasis is a prestigious international investment promotion organization, with the purpose of finding and promoting solutions to the most important challenges facing multinational corporations and businesses. This is also a place to connect potential and responsible investors who are leaders and managers with an extensive vision to jointly solve urgent and important problems in production and business associated with its national and global impact.
Mr. Tran Hong Ha - Deputy Prime Minister (2nd from the right) presents flowers to congratulate the Meeting
In the series of events taking place at the Meeting, Chinese politicians and businessmen in particular, and Asian and global businessmen in general, will jointly exchange and discuss core issues from the perspective and support of the Asian community and global partners. Horasis China Meeting 2024 is truly a great opportunity for entrepreneurs and the business community to access development strategies, and capabilities of production management and expand vision.
In particular, through the Meeting, Binh Duong province hopes to find important solutions, make friends with investors, and strengthen new partners to promote economic increasingly dynamic development. Besides, the province will also expand, improve international integration, and effectively serve the process of industrialization and modernization to soon realize the goal: Building and developing Binh Duong province into a smart, civilized, and rich urban area, bringing a prosperous, happy life and a better future to the people in the area.
Mr. Vo Van Minh – Chairman of the PPC delivers a speech at the Opening Ceremony
With 6 plenary sessions and 24 parallel discussion sessions, the Meeting had the presence of politicians, managers, businessmen, and scholars around the world. They would meet and discuss joint concerns such as Global mobility, economic development issues, etc. Accordingly, they would together find solutions for a sustainable future. The Meeting will have in-depth discussions on artificial intelligence, supply chain, e-commerce, innovation, etc., to link business development with innovation and continuous development of education.
Sharing information at the Opening Ceremony, Mr. Johnathan Choi - Chairman of Sunwah Group (China) said that with the attractive investment environment over the past time, Sunwah Group would research and expand investment in Viet Nam including Binh Duong in the fields of innovation, high technology, and digital transformation. At the same time, Sunwah Group hoped to have extensive cooperation with Becamex IDC to implement more practical projects including investing in modern infrastructure in Binh Duong, supporting the province in implementing modernization, and building smart cities in the coming time.
Open up new trends of the era
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Tran Hong Ha - Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that Binh Duong is one of the most dynamic and creative localities, especially in terms of infrastructure development and attracting foreign investment. Binh Duong will open a new era in attracting investment that is choosing smart and wise investors towards the goal of sustainable development. Chinese and international investors and Binh Duong will contribute to building Binh Duong into a worth-living place with diverse cultures so that when mentioning Binh Duong, everyone would think of an ideal place for investors with green space and an unpolluted environment.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his enthusiasm for Binh Duong's sustainable development orientation with green energy, renewable energy, smart energy, and effective policies. The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that beyond the above development orientation, digital transformation is the shortest way for Binh Duong to reach out to the world, and meet the trend of integration and economic restructuring. The province is also a convergence of those who dare to think and do.
Mr. Tran Hong Ha – Deputy Prime Minister delivers a speech at the Opening Ceremony
The Deputy Prime Minister said that Binh Duong needed to build a smart city model through digital transformation, promoting digital government, digital economy, and digital society development.
He highly appreciated the co-organizers of the Horasis China Meeting 2024. He believed that the Horasis China Meeting 2024 would create opportunities for all parties to share visions, seek opportunities and strengthen cooperation in innovation, sustainable development of science and technology, and promoting the spirit of "seizing new opportunities to develop together comprehensively".
Delegates perform the opening ceremony of the Horasis China Meeting 2024
The Meeting is not only a good opportunity for Binh Duong to promote the image of the province in particular and of Viet Nam in general to international friends, but this is also an opportunity for businesses to study and choose Binh Duong as an attractive, reliable investment destination, a worth living and developing place in the long term. The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his hope that the Meeting would open a new era for Binh Duong province in implementing digital transformation, developing green energy, sustainable development, becoming a smart city, and building the most effective space for investors.
This is also an opportunity for the Governments, localities, and businesses of the two countries to continue the themes of innovation and green energy. The Vietnamese Government commits to always listening, understanding, and creating good mechanisms and solid confidence for investors. The Deputy Prime Minister hoped that through the Meeting's dialogue sessions, there would be initiatives to help the Government participate globally.
Granting signed cooperation agreement between the PPC and Viettel Post
Granting investment resolutions of the Ring Road 4 project and the Ho Chi Minh City-Chon Thanh Expressway project
The PPC grants 9 decisions approving investment policies and investment registration certificates
At the ceremony, the Binh Duong PPC granted investment approval policies and investment certificates to several typical projects in the province. The PPC also granted a Cooperation Agreement between the Binh Duong PPC and Viettel Post JSC in the fields of infrastructure development, logistics services, and e-commerce. Becamex IDC Corporation and Sunwah Group also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on exchange and cooperation in various fields. They especially focused on the fields of innovation, digital transformation, technology development, and sustainable development and aimed to Net Zero.
MOU signing ceremony between Becamex IDC Corporation and Sunwah Group