Finland looks for new partnerships in Vietnam
(VOV) - The Embassy of Finland in Hanoi announced, on June 6, that Deputy Director General for the Department of Asia and the Americas in Finland, Eija Rotinen, will visit Vietnam from June 9-16 to seek partnerships.
The visit is also part of the framework of Finland's "Team Finland" business promotion initiative.
During the visit, Rotinen will hold official negotiations with the Ministry of Planning and Investment on Finland's development cooperation with Vietnam.
Together with Ambassador of Finland to Vietnam, H.E. Mr. Kimmo Lähdevirta, the delegation from Finland will visit Hanoi, Hue, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City in an effort to make new connections and raise Finland's profile as a business partner.
The topics of development cooperation and strengthened business ties are tightly intertwined, as the relationship between Finland and Vietnam entered a crucial transition period. As traditional bilateral development cooperation is being gradually phased out in the coming years, it is essential that the two countries find new ways to enhance and continue their fruitful cooperation. One of the keys to success are partnerships - between businesses, but also in the fields of culture, science, research and education.
In the second phase of the development cooperation project Innovation Partnership Program (IPP), Finland together with the Ministry of Science and Technology is putting special emphasis on the issues of science and innovation. Finland is also working in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to build a modern Management Information System for the Forest Sector in Vietnam. As a well- known high-tech country Finland has much to offer in the field of innovation and technology, and is prioritising this as one of the areas where new partnerships can be forged for mutual benefit and success.
The fast development of Vietnam towards a dynamic, active and inviting economy is attracting key decision makers and businesses from Finland. The friendship between Finland and Vietnam has very strong roots and is based on nearly forty years of development cooperation in Vietnam. It is now time to look forward and translate that strong foundation into a lasting relationship for the coming decades.