Hanoi (VNA) – A high-ranking delegation from Hanoi led by Deputy Secretary ofthe municipal Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang visited Canda and the US fromJune 11-25, aiming to open new cooperation opportunities between Hanoi andlocalities of the two countries.
During her stay in Canada, Hang met with Deputy Mayor of Toronto DenzilMinnan-Wong and Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne.
Briefing the hosts about Hanoi’s socio-economic development and policies toattract foreign investors, Hang said that Hanoi wants to lure more Canadianinvestment and enhance cooperation with Canada in various sectors.
Leaders of Hanoi, Toronto and Ontario agreed to step up cooperation ininvestment attraction, tourism development, education -training,finance-banking, insurance and green technology.
Hang thanked Toronto and Ontario’s authorities for supporting Vietnamese peopleliving and working in the host country and congratulated the hosts on Canada’s150th anniversary.
Working with the Supreme Court of Canada, Hang and members of the delegationsuggested maintaining exchange and cooperation between the two sides.
The delegation also held meetings with Judge Herbert B Dixon at the SuperiorCourt of the District of Columbia and Director of the American Bar AssociationElizabeth Andersen during their visit to the US from June 16.
In addition, the delegation visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Canada, theVietnamese Embassy in the US and Vietnamese permanent mission to the UnitedNations during their tour.-VNA