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| Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh chaired the meeting of the Steering Committee of the 12th meeting on cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities on April 7. (Photo: hanoi.gov.vn) |
The event takes place in the context of the two countries celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam-France Strategic Partnership in 2023.
The meeting is an opportunity to summarize and evaluate the results of the contents that have been implemented in cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities; exchange difficulties and challenges; offer solutions to strengthen the promotion and implementation of policies on cooperative relations and linkages; and establish mutually beneficial partnerships between localities of the two countries, contributing to the traditional friendship, comprehensive, long-term and reliable cooperation between Vietnam and France.
It will focus on exchange and discussion around sustainable cities; environment, water and water treatment; culture, heritage and tourism; smart cities and digitization.
In addition, many sideline activities will be organized to further tighten solidarity and exchanges between localities and partners of the two countries, including local promotion space, with a scale of 100 - 120 booths to promote and introduce culture, tourist attractions, typical and typical products of Vietnamese localities.
Festival "Balade en France", with the scale of 50 booths of French - Vietnamese businesses operating in the fields of restaurants, hotels, agriculture, and food, is organized in the form of fairs to introduce to the public French agriculture, food technology and culinary arts.
It also includes Vietnam - France Economic Forum; meetings and contacts between government and government (G2G), government to business (G2B), and business to business (B2B); art program; photo exhibition on Vietnam - France relations and Vietnam - France local cooperation;
The cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities was laid in 1989 with the establishment of a partnership between the city of Hanoi and the Ile-de-France region. The first meeting on cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities was held in 1996 in the city of Lille (France)./.