At the meeting, Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen expressed his pleasure in welcoming Mr. Eisa Alhammadi to visit and work with Can Tho city, and highly appreciated the role of Mr. Eisa Alhammadi in Vietnam.

Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen said that Can Tho city is urgently arranging and reorganizing administrative units at all levels and building a 2-level local government organization model. In particular, Can Tho city will soon merge with Hau Giang province and Soc Trang province, at that time Can Tho city will have a natural area of nearly 6,400 km2 and a population of about 4.2 million people.

The new Can Tho city will have both plains and sea; connecting air, rail, road and sea routes, especially seaports. Therefore, in addition to continuing to affirm its position as the center of the Mekong Delta developed urban infrastructure, trade, tourism, specialized healthcare, education and science and technology, Can Tho city after the merger will promote its strengths in aquaculture, exploiting coastal ecosystems, building logistics centers to serve industrial development activities...

Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Truong Canh Tuyen (on the right) had a cordial exchange with Mr. Eisa Alhammadi, Charge d'Affaires a.i of Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Vietnam, at the meeting.

With its central location, foundation and development orientation, along with an increasingly complete transport infrastructure system and increasingly open investment attraction policies, Can Tho is aiming to develop into a hub city, a regional and international connection center... One of the new steps is the launching ceremony of the direct transport route connecting Can Tho city with Cai Mep port to Ho Chi Minh City taking place on May 30^th, which will create favorable conditions for agricultural products, as well as goods processed according to Halal standards of Can Tho city to be exported to international markets, especially the UAE market.

The Chairman of the City People's Committee also said that every year the UAE imports a large amount of Halal products from the world markets. Meanwhile, Can Tho as well as many Mekong Delta provinces have strengths in producing and processing agricultural products, many of which have achieved Halal Certification such as seed products, custard tea, dried fruits, aquatic products, canned seafood, etc. The leaders of Can Tho city hope that in the coming time, Mr. Eisa Alhammadi will support the connections, helping Halal products from Can Tho to access more markets and consumers in the UAE; at the same time, introduce potential investors from the UAE to learn and invest in the Mekong Delta provinces, including Can Tho city...

Delegates took souvenir photos at the reception

Thanking the warm welcome from the city government leaders, Mr. Eisa Alhammadi expressed his honor to attend the opening ceremony of the direct transport route connecting Can Tho city with Cai Mep port to Ho Chi Minh City. According to Mr. Eisa Alhammadi, the opening of the aforementioned transport route will support Can Tho not only in the field of trade and logistics, but also in environmental protection as well as agricultural development.

Mr. Eisa Alhammadi also affirmed that he will strengthen the connection and bring Halal certified products of Can Tho to the UAE market, contributing to the rapidly increasing two-way trade between the two sides in the coming time.