Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the HCM City Party’s Committee, witnesses the signing of an MoU between the HCM City People's Committee and the Internatinal Finance Corporation. (Source: VNA) Washington DC (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City wishesto intensify relations with its US partners in many spheres, including trade,investment, personnel training, smart city management and high-tech, saidSecretary of the municipal Party’s Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Nhan told US guests at a reception held at the Vietnamese Embassy in the US onDecember 15 that HCM City will continue to create optimal conditions for USpartners.
He took the occasion to underline strong developments of the Vietnam-UScomprehensive partnership in 2017, especially the visit to the US by PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in May 2017 and the Vietnam visit by President DonaldTrump in November the same year.
US Principal DeputyAssistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs JenniferZimdahl Galt congratulated Vietnam on its successful organisation of theAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting and President Trump’svisit, which, she said, has helped elevate the bilateral relationship to newhigh, and enhance the two countries’ cooperation in many realms like nationaldefence, regional security challenge response, trade-investment, post-warconsequence settlement and people-to-people exchange,
She said HCM City is expected to contribute to exchanges and sharing ofexperience between Vietnam and the US for the training of Vietnamese younggenerations, as the southern metropolis houses a large number of US businessesand Fulbright University Vietnam, the first US university in the country.
BesidesJennifer Zimdahl Galt, other guests at the reception included Acting DeputyAssistant US Trade Representative Karl Ehlers, Deputy Assistant Secretary ofDefence Joseph Felter, Washington DC Deputy Mayor HyeSook Chun, World Bank VicePresident Victoria Kwakwa and President and CEO of the US-ASEAN BusinessCouncil Alexander Feldman, among others.-VNA
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