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| At the reception (Photo: VNA) |
So said Ngo Minh Chau, Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee, during his reception for Minister-President of the Wallonie-Brussels Federation Pierre-Yves Jeholet, on October 20.
Sharing the city's socio-economic development, Mr. Chau thanked the Belgian Government for supporting and helping Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, in COVID-19 prevention and control. Currently, the city has successfully controlled the pandemic, stabilized and developed the economy, achieving positive results. “The city has been implementing economic development policies in the fields of digital transformation, biotechnology, infrastructure development and administrative reform; and focusing on promoting investment.”
Noting that the strong areas of Wallonie-Brussels are also the concern of the city in the development process, he affirmed that the city is willing to create the most favorable conditions for foreign investors, including businesses from the Wallonia-Brussels region, to come to do business and invest in the city for a long time. In addition, Ho Chi Minh City also wishes to cooperate with the Wallonia-Brussels region in particular and the Kingdom of Belgium in general to carry out cultural exchange activities to enhance understanding, solidarity and friendship between the peoples of the two countries.
For his part, Mr. Pierre-Yves Jeholet said that as Vietnam and the Kingdom of Belgium are preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2023, the relationship between the Wallonia-Brussels region and Vietnam is developing very well, with many specific cooperation projects in many fields.
Sharing the positive results of the cooperation relationship between the Wallonia-Brussels region and Vietnam, he added that the Wallonia-Brussels region has strong businesses in pharmaceutical research and biotechnology; therefore, it is very eager to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular in this field and expand the scope of existing projects.
In addition, the Wallonia-Brussels region is willing to cooperate with Ho Chi Minh City in areas where it has potential such as smart agriculture development, food processing technology, agricultural product production; and strengthen bilateral trade as well as cooperation between private enterprises of the two localities in developing clean energy, waste into renewable energy treatment, and water treatment./.