Ho Chi Minh City signs memorandum of understanding on climate change response with Dutch city
Wednesday, 02/08/2023 16:15 (GMT+7)
On July 31, during a business trip to Europe, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation led by Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc had a working session with the government of Rotterdam city, the Netherlands.
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| The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the government of Rotterdam sign a memorandum of understanding on climate change response and flood management in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: SGGP) |
The visit was a continuation of the business trip to Ho Chi Minh City of the delegation of Rotterdam city led by Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb in July 2022.
Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc thanked the leaders of the Rotterdam city government for taking the time to receive the delegation.
According to Mr. Duc, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands. In 2019, Vietnam and the Netherlands upgraded their bilateral relationship to a comprehensive partnership. Up to now, the friendship and cooperation relationship between Vietnam and the Netherlands has been developing strongly and extensively in all fields.
He called on the city of Rotterdam to study the possibility of participating in the planning of the Can Gio transshipment port, to share experience in operating the transshipment port and supply chain when the port is put into use in the future.
He also expressed his wish that Rotterdam would cooperate with the city in improving the forecasting capacity and warning systems for natural disasters; transferring and upgrading technology for monitoring, analyzing, forecasting and warning of natural disasters; and researching and applying new materials and advanced technologies in housing construction and disaster prevention and control works to ensure sustainability and environmental friendliness.
In response, Rotterdam Deputy Mayor Enes Yigit expressed his pleasure to welcome the Ho Chi Minh delegation to his city. He shared that the city of Rotterdam highly appreciated the cooperation relationship with Ho Chi Minh City, and always looks forward to sharing experiences and technical solutions with Ho Chi Minh City as well as sharing Ho Chi Minh City's experience in responding to climate change.
After the meeting, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on climate change response and flood management in Ho Chi Minh City./.
Compiled by BTA