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HCM City hopes for further ties with France

Ho Chi Minh City wants to strengthen multi-faceted cooperation with French localities, especially in trade, investment, climate change adaptation, urban planning and lighting, education-training, and human resources development.
Ho Chi Minh City wants to strengthen multi-faceted cooperation withFrench localities, especially in trade, investment, climate changeadaptation, urban planning and lighting, education-training, and humanresources development.

Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, DeputySecretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the city’sPeople’s Council made the wish at a ceremony held in the city on April12 to mark the 40 th anniversary of Vietnam-France diplomatic ties(April 12, 1973-2013).

She expressed her delight atthe continuously developing friendship and comprehensive cooperationbetween Vietnam and France over the past four decades.

Ho Chi Minh City has fostered multi-faceted cooperation withFrench sectors and localities, especially in culture, education andtraining, health, and science-technology, she said.

Two-way trade between HCM City and France hit 720 million USDin 2012. With 152 projects totalling about 825 million USD, Franceis now one of 15 largest investors in the city, she noted.

Fabrice Mauries, French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, saidFrance is now one of the leading donors of official developmentassistance (ODA) for Vietnam, adding that more than 300 Frenchbusinesses are operating in Vietnam, generating nearly 30,000 jobs forlocal people, he added.

He highlighted science,education, research, culture and defence as priorities in the twocountries’ cooperation that need to be stepped up in the time to come.-VNA
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