Participants at the conference (Photo: VNA) Phu Yen (VNA) - The south-central coastal province of Phu Yen is willing to expand cooperation with foreign partners and promote the application of new technologies towards sustainable development, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Huu The has said. The made the statement at a conference on development partnerships held in the provincial capital, Tuy Hoa city, on April 28, expressing a wish that foreign partners will consider Phu Yen a “laboratory” for new ideas. The locality is calling for investment in the fields of tourism, agriculture, hospital development, and human resources training, he said.