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Cooperation between HCM City, Hungarian partners strengthened

Permanent Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Van Mai on February 22 received Szojka Éva Szilvia, Consul General of Hungary in Ho Chi Minh City, who came to bid farewell at the end of her tenure in Vietnam.
Cooperation between HCM City, Hungarian partners strengthened ảnh 1Permanent Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Van Mai (third, from right) on February 22 receives Szojka Éva Szilvia, Consul General of Hungary in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo:

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Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Permanent ViceSecretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Chairman of the municipalPeople's Committee Phan Van Mai on February 22 received Szojka Éva Szilvia,Consul General of Hungary in Ho Chi Minh City, who came to bid farewell at theend of her tenure in Vietnam.

Mai applauded the positive andimportant contributions by the diplomat to developing a cooperationrelationship between Vietnam and Hungary as well as between Ho Chi  Minh City with Hungarian partners.

Szojka Éva Szilvia highlighted that the two countries alwayssupport each other, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, despitemany difficulties, the Hungarian Consulate General successfully organisedactivities in Ho Chi Minh City relating to tourism, cuisine, and education.

She that during her tenure, she was particularly payingattention to three specific areas of water resource management, agriculturaldevelopment, and digital transformation. Each year Hungary still offered 200scholarships for Vietnamese students.

Mai said that he will closely cooperate withher successor, creating better conditions for the Consulate General of Hungaryto operate in Ho Chi Minh City, including promoting activities in the threeareas and other ones relating to trade and investment between the two sides,contributing to promoting their bilateral relations.

On this occasion, Mai presented the Ho Chi Minh City Badge to the Hungarian outgoing diplomat in recognition of her contribution to the city./.

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