Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation of Hanoi led by Vice Chairwoman of themunicipal People’s Council Phung Thi Hong Ha paid a working visit to Russia andthe Czech Republic from October 18-28.
Meeting officials from the Moscow City Duma on October 19,Ha introduced the hosts to Hanoi’s socio-economic situation and its advantagesand potential as well as operations of all-level People’s Councils.
Zubrilin Nikola Griforievich, Moscow City Duma deputy andmember of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF)’s faction inMoscow City Duma, briefed the delegation on operations of the Moscow City Dumaas well as the structure of the CPRF members in the Duma.
Both sides agreed to step up the exchange of high-leveldelegations between the two capital cities, intensify the sharing of experiencein administration leadership, planning management and urban development, andpreservation and promotion of cultural and historical heritage values.
Ha expressed her hope that Moscow will create favourableconditions for people and enterprises of Hanoi and Vietnam at large living andworking in Russia.
During its stay in Russia, the Hanoi delegation had aworking session with Moscow’s Department for External Economic andInternational Relations on orientations and process of the Moscow House inHanoi project.
It also visited theVietnamese Embassy, the Hanoi-Moscow Centre for Culture, Trade and Hotels, theRed Square, and the Lenin Mausoleum, and learnt about measures to conserve anddevelop tourism at several cultural and historical relic sites in the Russiancapital city.
On October 26, the Hanoi delegation held talks with leadersof the Prague City Council, during which they exchanged experience in electivework, urban management and planning in combination with cultural and historicalheritage conservation, as well as public transport development and ineducation, and health.
They agreed to intensify cultural, political and economicexchange activities, work towards the signing of specific cooperativeprogrammes between the two capital cities.
The delegation also visited the Vietnamese Embassy whoseAmbassador Ho Minh Tuan committed to boosting cooperative programmes betweenHanoi and Prague.-VNA