On July 26, the delegation of Cal-Nev-Ari city (Neveda state, USA) led by Mr. Sonny Nguyen, City Development Director, signed a memorandum of cooperation with Cam Lo district.
Cal-Nev-Ari is one of the smallest cities in Nevada, acquired by a group of Vietnamese investors in the US in August 2021. Located in the border triangle of 3 states of California, Nevada, and Arizona, it is named after the compound name of 3 states.
Leaders of Cam Lo district signed a cooperation agreement with a city in the US. Photo: Hoang Apple
According to the memorandum, the city of Cal-Nev-Ari supports Cam Lo district to export to the US market a variety of medicinal herbs such as ansa, jute long fruit, green tea, prickly pear, ha thu o... tea bags: perilla, nightshade, celery, lettuce, turmeric, pepper, rice; help this district connect potential partners in the US.
At the same time, the US city helps this district attract investors to build high-tech factories producing products from medicinal plants, develop large-scale raw material areas for export; support high-tech agriculture, organic agriculture; building brands of local products and goods to meet the strict criteria of foreign markets.
In addition, the two sides pledged to cooperate in tourism, cultural exchange, vocational education and training, and human resource development. In contrast, Cam Lo creates favorable conditions for businesses and investors from Cal-Nev-Ari city to operate locally.
Mr. Tran Hoai Linh - Vice Chairman of Cam Lo District People's Committee said that the district planted a trial of 0.3 ha of jute long fruit and was promoting to export this crop to the US. After this memorandum of cooperation, the district expanded the area to 20 hectares, developing it into a concentrated raw material area for export.
In 2020 and 2021, Cam Lo district and Cal-Nev-Ari city have initial cooperation. Cam Lo district exported 2 lots of An Xa Cao to Cal-Nev-Ari market with a total value of 3.4 billion VND. At the same time, this city, through a partner in Vietnam, cooperates with Cam Lo district to test 3.5 hectares of raw anxilla with a budget of more than one billion dong.
