A corner of Hanoi (Illustrative photo: VNA)At the meeting, Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg Evgheny Grigoriev briefed on activities held by the StPetersburg to strengthen its ties with Vietnam on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties and 20 years of the two countries’strategic partnership.
He also took the occasion to mention favourable conditionsand preferential treatments that St Petersburg offers to foreign investors.
For her part, Director of Hanoi’s Department of ExternalAffairs Ngo Minh Hoang affirmed that the capital city of Vietnam wishes topromote cooperation with St Petersburg across the fields. She proposed that thetwo cities exchange delegations regularly, expand investment promotionactivities, and provide support to their businesses in searching for businessand investment opportunities in the other city.
The Hanoi side suggested organizing a Hanoi Cultural Day inSt Petersburg and a St Petersburg Cultural Day in Hanoi, and showed interest inboosting collaboration in tourism, infrastructure, health care, clean watersupply, information technology smart city building and cyber security.
Hanoi also wants to learn from the Russian city’s experience inurban management, planning and development, and cultural heritage conservation.
The Russian city proposed organizing an IT form at the end ofApril, fostering partnerships between the two cities’ universities and medicalestablishments, and participating in the 4th Russia-Vietnam Youthforum to be held in St Petersburg.
The two sides appreciated each other’s proposals on cooperationand vowed to work to realise them in the time ahead./.
VNA
