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Vietnam, Denmark hold business forum
The Vietnamese government will work closely with the Danish government to facilitate business relations to increase the value of two-way trade to a targeted 1 billion USD.
Deputy Permanent Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung made the statement while addressing the Vietnam-Denmark business forum in Hanoi on Nov. 3.
Prince Henrik, who also joined the event, said the forum, which attracted 70 leading enterprises from Denmark and hundreds of Vietnamese businesses, offered a chance for entrepreneurs of both countries to set up future trade ties.
It is also an opportunity for Danish participants to promote their outstanding industries.
In his opinion, the impressive development of Vietnam’s economy has created a high demand for the import and export of goods and technology solutions between the two countries.
At the forum, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said the country hoped to receive agricultural assistance from Denmark, especially in animal husbandry.
There will be numerous opportunities for Danish businesses to cooperate with Vietnam in this sector, the official said.
In the development strategy for the husbandry through 2020, Vietnam will move from small- to large-scale breeding farms in order to increase livestock production in proportion to other types of agriculture to 42 percent while ensuring food safety and hygiene, he said.
According to the strategy, the sector plans to attain an annual growth rate of 8-9 percent in 2010, and 5-6 percent over 10 years later.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the animal husbandry sector plays an important part in agricultural development. It has posted an annual growth rate of 7-8 percent over the last decade, accounting for 27 percent of the total agricultural production value.
Vietnam is running 20,000 animal breeding farms, which churn out 3.5 million tonnes of meat every year.
Within the framework of the forum, a seminar on cooperation in tertiary education between Vietnam and Denmark was held with the participation of Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College and some Danish investors who are doing business in Vietnam.
The Rector of Niels Brock shared experiences in tertiary education at his college, which focuses on the learner-centred teaching method for its 30,000 students.
Managing Director at Mascot Int’l Vietnam Ltd, Thomas Bo Pedersen put forth the strong and weak points of the Vietnamese labour force, saying that Vietnamese workers are intelligent and clear-headed in acquiring knowledge, however, weak in mastering foreign languages and IT.
The Danish side proposed joint training programmes with Vietnamese universities, applying advanced teaching methods to increase not only the professional skills of students, but also their level of accomplishment in foreign languages (especially English) and in IT.
The same day, Vietnamese and Danish businesses also joined in symposiums on clean technology solutions, aviation, architecture and meat processing.
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