Vietnam, France sign 18 more agreements worth $9.5 billion

10:11, 14/11/2009

(ĐN)- Vietnamese and French businesses on November 13 signed 18 cooperative agreements worth $9.5 billion on several fields at the “Vietnamese-French business leaders” forum with the attendance of nearly 300 top local and French businesses in Hanoi.

(ĐN)- Vietnamese and French businesses on November 13 signed 18 cooperative agreements worth $9.5 billion on several fields at the “Vietnamese-French business leaders” forum with the attendance of nearly 300 top local and French businesses in Hanoi.

Vietnamese Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung and French Prime Minister François Fillon witnessed the signing of the cooperation agreements on oil and gas, finance, banking, telecommunications, post and telecommunications, electricity, urban planning, foodstuffs, and small satellites for natural resources and environment surveillance.

In particular, Dong Nai Food Industry Corporation (Donataba) inked a cooperation agreement with Groupe Glon to develop a major agricultural park in Dong Nai province. The project will start with installation of modern production lines to help raise, slaughter and process cattle and poultry within the park, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

Glon Groupe, based in Bretagne, has 60 years experience and expertise in developing and managing quality food chain. Bretagne is France’s largest agricultural region and one of the leading European processors of food and foodstuffs, mainly pigs and poultry.

Reported by H.V