Action programme of Vietnam, Netherlands Business Platform for Mekong Delta signed

Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)'s Branch in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Nguyen Phuong Lam at the online signing ceremony (Photo: VCCI Can Tho)

Can Tho (VNA) – Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Nguyen Phuong Lam and Netherlands Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman have signed an Action Programme of the Vietnam-Netherlands Business Platform for the Mekong River Delta.

This Action Programme is established under the framework of the Letter of Intent to establish the Netherlands – Vietnam Business Platform for the Mekong River Delta, which was signed at the Sustainable Business Event in January 2021.

The platform will serve as an important foundation for the effective transformation of agriculture in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, especially in water resource management and agricultural technologies, with the private sector given a bigger role in the process.

Ambassador Akkerman said the Netherlands Government will support Vietnam in agricultural transformation, and cooperate with universities and institutes in the region to conduct research, while the Netherlands private sector is ready to work together on sustainable agricultural value changes, agro logistics, inland waterways and agro-water technical solutions.

VCCI Can Tho Director Nguyen Phuong Lam affirmed that the establishment of the Netherlands-Vietnam Business Platform in the Mekong Delta is an important milestone for the development of agriculture and business in the region.

Activities under the action programme include exchanging and disseminating market and business information between Mekong Delta businesses and Netherlands counterparts, and conducting a study comprising of market assessment and business development in the Mekong Delta to facilitate Dutch companies and/or relevant potential projects.

The two sides will work together to hold a Dutch Business Forum as a side event of VCCI Can Tho’s Economic Forum in December 2021 to promote the Dutch business development in the Mekong Delta.

The Netherlands side will support VCCI in the process of preparing the annual Mekong Delta Economic Report 2021 by nominating experts to join the evaluation committee and co-organizing thematic workshops.