The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee hosted a meeting on July 2 tomark the 40 th anniversary of Vietnam-Canada diplomatic ties and the146th Canada Day.
Addressing the celebration, ViceChairman of the municipal People’s Committee Hua Ngoc Thuan stressedthat over the past 40 years, the long-lasting, stable and comprehensivepartnership between the two countries has been consolidated anddeveloped.
The two sides have maintained all-level delegation exchanges, he added.
According to Thuan, in 2012, bilateral trade surpassed 1.6 billionUSD, nine times higher than 2011. Early this year, the two sides agreedto boost all-around cooperation, particularly in trade, investment,science-technology, education and training, and agreed to collaborate atmultilateral forums.
Trade between HCM Cityand Canada reached more than 265 million USD in 2012, Thuan said,adding that Canada has 50 projects worth 91.5 million USD in thecity.
Agriculture, health and education are also important content in the cooperation between the two sides.
The Vice Chairman said that HCM City wants to strengthenmultifaceted cooperation with Canada, with priorities to be given totrade, investment, education and training, cultural exchange and scienceand technology.
He also pledged that the municipalauthorities will create favourable conditions for Canadian investors toinvest and do business in the city.
Canadian ConsulGeneral to HCM City Audri Mukhopadhyay said the good relations betweenthe two countries are reflected in the development of trade, economic,education and training cooperation.
There are more than 3,000Vietnamese students in Canada. Education cooperation programmesbetween the two countries have developed in HCM City, headded.-VNA
