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Hoi An, Germany's Wernigerode celebrate 10th anniversary of friendship

Activities were held in Wernigerode town, Germany, from August 24-27 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the friendship and twinning relationship between the city and Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam, Vietnam.
 
Hoi An, Germany's Wernigerode celebrate 10th anniversary of friendship ảnh 1A view of the celebration (Photo: VNA)

Berlin (VNA) – Activities were held in Wernigerode town, Germany, from August24-27 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the friendship and twinningrelationship between the city and Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam, Vietnam.

Onthe occasion, the two cities held an inauguration ceremony for the Hoi An Garden atthe Miniaturen Park ‘Kleiner Harz’ in Wernigerode.

Chairmanof the Hoi An People's Committee Nguyen Van Son said at the event that the twolocalities have many similarities as Hoi An is a world culturalheritage recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO) while Wernigerode boasts many ancient architectural works.Both cities attract large numbers of tourists.

Sonhighlighted that cooperation activities between Hoi An and Wernigerode overthe past ten years have helped strengthen connection and people-to-peopleexchanges between the two cities and the two countries.

Heemphasised that the two cities will continue to implement the commitments madein the past time to further tighten the friendship between Vietnam and Germany.

Hoi An, Germany's Wernigerode celebrate 10th anniversary of friendship ảnh 2A performance at the inauguration ceremony of Hoi An Garden at the Miniaturen Park ‘Kleiner Harz’ in Wernigerode.(Photo: VNA)

Forhis part, Mayor of Wernigerode Tobias Kascha said in addition toboosting understanding between the two nations people, especially those from the twocities, they have carried out projects that generated positive results, such asa German-funded solar power project installed in Hoi An, a culturalcentre built in Hoi An and a vocational training project.

According to the mayor, leaders of HoiAn and Wernigerode agreed on certain points in their upcoming cooperation plan.Specifically, the two sides will continue to implement a vocational trainingproject for students from Hoi An to Wernigerode. Wernigerode authorities will support Hoi An to build an "eco-road" so that Hoi Anpeople can feel the atmosphere like in Wernigerode. Finally, they will promotethe tourism development project in Hoi An through the issuance of a tourismquality certificate.

VietnameseAmbassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh said that Hoi An and Wernigerode are the twofirst cities of Germany and Vietnam to get a twinning relationship.

Therelationship was made at the same time Vietnam and Germany set a strategicpartnership. Therefore, the two cities’ twinning relationship has become amodel for cooperation between cities and localities of the two countries, according to the diplomat./.

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