HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City callson Russian firms from Saint Petersburg city to share experience in addressingissues in urban building and development such as traffic jam, waste and sewagetreatment, and green energy.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Le Thanh Liem hosted a reception for a delegation from the Russiancity led by Katanandov Sergey Leonidovich, special envoy of the governor ofSaint Petersburg on issues regarding national building and development andcooperation with Russian agencies.
The guests are on a working visit to Vietnam’ssouthern economic hub from June 27-30.
Liem said the working visit to Saint Petersburgby Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan in May 2018 openedup a new chapter in the bilateral relations in various fields.
The cooperation development roadmap between thetwo cities in 2018-2020 signed in May this year has created a foundation forthe two sides to boost collaborative activities, especially in culture,tourism, and science technology.
It is a proper time for the two localities tobring agreements in the roadmap into practical outcomes, Liem said.
The cooperation agreements between HCM City Universityof Social Sciences and Humanities and the Saint Petersburg University have beencarried out with positive results, he added.
For his part, Katanandov Sergey Leonidovich saidhis current working visit aims to concretise agreements signed by the twocities’ leaders during the visit to Saint Petersburg by Secretary of HCM CityParty Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Saint Petersburg businesses hope to quickly findreliable partners to promote bilateral cooperation activities, particularly inthe fields of their strengths such as water treatment, health care, tourism,culture and cyber security.
He added that Saint Petersburg is keen tomaintain and reinforce the sound traditional cooperation with Vietnam and HCMCity in particular.
The city pledged to closely work with HCM Cityto step up the teaching of Vietnamese in Saint Petersburg and Russian in HCMCity while enhancing activities to forge youth connectivity and exchanges toincrease mutual understanding, friendship and solidarity, he said.-VNA