Scene at the meeting between Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Doan Toan and New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Wendy Matthews (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of theHanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Doan Toan received New Zealand Ambassador toVietnam Wendy Matthews on April 11 to discuss bilateral ties.
At the reception, Toan said the capital hasmade efforts to build highly competent human resources for the fourthindustrial revolution, and to develop a smart city and e-governance system.
These are sectors in which Hanoi wants assistancefrom New Zealand, the official added.
For her part, the New Zealand diplomat saidher country wants to contribute to Hanoi’s development, particularly viacooperation in human resources training.
Matthews said New Zealand is involved inseveral activities within Vietnam’s national foreign language education projectand expects to work with the Hanoi agencies running the project.
With universities ranked among 500 topuniversities in the world, New Zealand is capable of providing Vietnam withtraining programmes for high-quality managers, she noted.
She highlighted her country’s strength ine-governance, saying it is also a sector New Zealand wants to collaborate inwith Vietnam and Hanoi.
Toan introduced to his guest Hanoi’s tradepromotion conference in mid-June and invited the diplomat to the event, aninvitation she accepted.-VNA
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