Minister, Head of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and visited the city from Oct. 29-Nov. 1 as a guest of the Chinese Government.

During the trip, Phuc attended a High-level World Expo Forum, jointly held by Shanghai World Expo’s organising committee, the United Nations and International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE), and called at a number of Chinese businesses in Shanghai .

The minister also met with Chairman of the Shanghai municipal committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Feng Guoqin and the Vietnamese Consulate General’s staff and representatives of Vietnamese students and business people in the city.

At the meeting with Feng, Phuc congratulated the Chinese Government and the city’s authorities on their successful hosting of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and thanked them for their support for Vietnam joining in the event as well as the opening and operation of the Vietnamese Consulate General.

He applauded recent fine developments in cooperative relations between Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai , and urged Shanghai to expand cooperation to other major cities of Vietnam .

The minister also requested Shanghai step up cooperation in the economy, trade, investment, tourism and human resources development with Vietnam and encourage Chinese companies to develop infrastructure projects in the neighbouring country.

For his part, Feng thanked Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Phuc for their attendance at the World Expo 2010 opening and closing ceremonies respectively, saying that this demonstrated Vietnam ’s support for China ’s hosting of important international events.

He promised to entrust Shanghai ’s agencies to work together with relevant ministries, agencies and localities of Vietnam to implement Phuc’s proposals to beef up the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two nations./.