Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong (R) presents a gift to Governor of Australia’s Victoria state Linda Dessau (C) at the meeting on October 4 (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s CommitteeNguyen Thanh Phong discussed with visiting Governor of Australia’s Victoriastate Linda Dessau ways to promote cooperation between the two sides,particularly in innovative startup and education, at a meeting on October 4.
Phong hailed the development of Vietnam-Australia ties across variousfields such as trade, education, agriculture, military and tourism, stressingthat the good bilateral relations positively contributing to the stability andprosperity of each country and the region as a whole.
He affirmed that HCM City considers Australia an important and trustfulpartner, and noted that the two sides have many opportunities to expand theircooperation to potential fields such as innovation, education, technology andtrade.
The city is ready to embrace chances for cooperation with partners fromVictoria state in developing the ecology for innovation, sharing experience intraining startups and partnering to exploit markets, Phong said.
He added that the city also hopes to continue working with Victoria statein providing short-term training to managerial officials in the field of publicadministration.
Governor Dessau said Victoria administration and businesses appreciatethe potential of HCM City and wish to further promote their partnership withthe city in fields of common interests, especially in sectors that the state isstrong in such as innovative startup, education, agriculture, smart city, cleanenergy and renewable energy. She added that the state is also interested ineducation projects in the Vietnamese city.
Australia is currently the 17th biggest foreign investoramong 106 countries and territories investing in HCM City, running 182 projectsworth nearly 188 million USD. Last year, two way trade between the city andAustralia almost reached 979 million USD. The same year, more than 300,000Australians visited HCM City./.
VNA
