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HCM City delegation begin visits to Singapore, Indonesia

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on August 21 started their visits to Singapore and Indonesia, aiming to deepen ties between Vietnam, HCM City and the two Southeast Asian countries.
HCM City delegation begin visits to Singapore, Indonesia ảnh 1Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) receives new Singaporean Consul General in the city Kho Ngee Seng Roy (Source: sggp.org.vn)

HCM City (VNA) – Adelegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal PartyCommittee Nguyen Thien Nhan on August 21 started their visits to Singapore andIndonesia, aiming to deepen ties between Vietnam, HCM City and the twoSoutheast Asian countries.

During the visit to Singapore,HCM City’s officials will discuss the signing of a memorandum of understanding(MoU) on cooperation in urban planning and education-training.

The MoU is expected to help HCMCity improve its urban planning and education quality to internationalstandards.

It will focus on affiliation in innovativeurban planning, improving urban environment, building financial solutions tourban development, and developing social housing.

The MoU will also aim to enhancethe capacity of management officials at different levels of general education,building international standards for some sectors in tertiary education,setting up laboratories in artificial intelligence, IT, data science,automation and finance. The city and Singapore will partner in evaluating highereducation quality.

HCM City is willing to designcooperation mechanisms with public and private partners of Singapore and inviteSingapore companies to seek partnership in the city.

In innovation, the two sides willdiscuss measures to build a joint startup space, building shared labs andworking together in personnel training and exploitation by strengtheningcollaboration among training facilities and research centres of both sides.

During the visit, Secretary ofthe municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan will visit a number ofresearch, training and startup centres of Singapore and meet with leaders of somelocal businesses.

Singapore has been the topinvestor and second biggest trade partner of HCM City for years.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam-Indonesiapartnership is developing strongly in all areas of politics, economy,education, culture and society. Vietnam and Indonesia have signed a plan ofaction to realise their strategic partnership for the 2019-2023 period as wellas a joint statement in security.

Indonesia currently ranks 34th among foreign investors in HCM City.

The HCM City delegation’s visitto Indonesia aims to exchange experience in supporting startups, attractinginvestment, while learning Jakarta’s experience in defining motivation forgrowth.

The two sides will share lessonsin urban planning and traffic to adapt to climate change, while discussingideas to deal with common challenges of the region, including innovation forsustainable development and climate change mitigation.-VNA
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