Hanoi, Israeli cities enhance friendly ties
Tel
Aviv (VNA) – A delegation led by Vice Secretary of the Hanoi
Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan
visited Israel from September 14-16 to learn from experience in administration
building and urban development.
While in Israel, they held working sessions with authorities of Modi'in
and Tel Aviv cities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Israel, the Israel-Vietnam Trade
Office, the Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation, the Watergen clean water
company and several Israeli innovative companies.
Both sides discussed promoting ties among cities, shared
experience in planning socio-economic policies, upholding elected bodies’ role
in overseeing policy implementation, arranging administration’s apparatus, and
stepping up investment and cooperation in urban management and development,
urban economy, environment protection, climate change response, smart city
building, start-ups and innovation, sci-tech, preservation and upholding of
historical-cultural values.
Chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities of Israel and
Mayor of Modi'in city Haim Bibas said Hanoi and Israeli cities need to continue
enhancing friendship and share experience in dealing with issues in urban
development, especially in traditional fields.
He vowed to partner and share experience with Hanoi in smart
city building, infrastructure development, digital transformation and
innovation.
Tuan wished that the Federation of Local Authorities of Israel
would serve as a bridge linking Hanoi with Israeli localities in the fields of
telecommunications, sci-tech, finance, industry, smart city development,
hi-tech agriculture, technological transfer, treatment of air pollution,
wastewater and garbages./.