Strengthening trade and tourism cooperation between Hanoi and Guangzhou (China)

Hanoi and Guangzhou have many similarities in culture, trade and tourism . The cooperative relationship between the two cities has made important strides, especially the increasing trade and investment turnover between the two cities.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung met with Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of Guangzhou City (Guangdong, China) Guo Yonghang. (Source: VNA)

Continuing the program of the visit and work in China, on the morning of September 26, in Guangzhou city, the capital of Guangdong province, Mr. Dinh Tien Dung, Politburo member, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the City National Assembly Delegation and the high-ranking delegation of Hanoi city attended and witnessed the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Hanoi People's Committee and the Guangzhou City Government.

Attending the ceremony were Consul General of Vietnam in Guangzhou Vu Viet Anh and representatives of the Central External Relations Commission; members of the Standing Committee of the Hanoi Party Committee: Chairman of the Party Committee's Inspection Commission Hoang Trong Quyet, Head of the Party Committee's Organization Commission Vu Duc Bao, Head of the Party Committee's Internal Affairs Commission Nguyen Quang Duc, Head of the Party Committee's Propaganda Commission Nguyen Doan Toan, Head of the Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission Do Anh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan...

The Chinese delegation included leaders of Guangdong province, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor of Guangzhou City Guo Yonghang, leaders of Guangzhou city agencies...

Before the signing ceremony, Hanoi Party Secretary Dinh Tien Dung met, drank tea and talked with Guangzhou Party Secretary and Mayor Guo Yonghang.

Mr. Quach Vinh Hang expressed his pleasure at welcoming the high-ranking delegation of Hanoi city led by Politburo member and Secretary of the City Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung to visit and work in Guangzhou city, a cultural center of the Lingnan region, China.

According to the Secretary of the Guangzhou Party Committee, Hanoi and Guangzhou have many similarities in culture, trade and tourism. The cooperative relationship between the two cities has made important strides, especially the increasing trade and investment turnover between the two cities.

This visit by the Hanoi high-ranking delegation, especially the meeting between the Hanoi Party Secretary and Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary Hoang Khon Minh on September 25, has established a very important new milestone, creating a corridor for the relationship between Hanoi and Guangzhou to go into further depth.

Mr. Quach Vinh Hang said: “I propose that the two cities further strengthen cooperation in exchanging experiences in urban management and tourism promotion. After the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding today, our two cities will regularly exchange at all levels and sectors, share expertise, and cooperate between agencies and units... Guangzhou regularly organizes many important international forums and exhibitions, and we look forward to inviting Hanoi as well as other Vietnamese businesses and localities to participate.”

The Secretary of the Guangzhou Party Committee also proposed to further strengthen exchanges between the two cities' governments, emphasizing that this is a very effective direction; at the same time, he hoped that in the near future, Guangzhou Party Committee's resource planning staff would also have the opportunity to come to Vietnam to study.

Signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Hanoi People's Committee and the Guangzhou Municipal Government (Guangdong Province). (Source: VNA)

Highly agreeing with Mr. Quach Vinh Hang's opinion, Hanoi Party Secretary Dinh Tien Dung thanked the city of Guangzhou for its extremely respectful, enthusiastic, thoughtful, and comradely reception for the delegation.

Mr. Dinh Tien Dung highly appreciated the position and role of Guangdong province and Guangzhou city, always promoting their leading role in high-quality development, being the place to pilot many new policies and strategies, including policies on innovation in development, urban management, and special economic zone models.

Regarding the proposals of Secretary of the Guangzhou Party Committee Guo Yonghang, Mr. Dinh Tien Dung affirmed that the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Hanoi People's Committee and the Guangzhou City Government is an important basis to further strengthen friendly cooperation relations, create a framework for implementing specific cooperation programs and projects in the future and coordinate the organization of the Hanoi City Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Program in China in the near future.

The Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee emphasized, "hopefully these will be favorable initial steps for the two cities to promote, research, and propose more practical and effective cooperation programs in the coming time."

Mr. Dinh Tien Dung affirmed that Hanoi city will create all favorable conditions for agencies of both sides to effectively implement cooperation in the coming time, especially in very necessary and important cooperation contents for the two cities such as urban management, planning, trade, culture and tourism.

View of the conference promoting investment, trade and tourism of Hanoi city in China. (Source: VNA)

Next, Mr. Dinh Tien Dung and the high-ranking delegation of Hanoi city attended the program to promote investment, trade and tourism of Hanoi city in China held at the Phuong Dong Hotel Convention Center, Guangzhou city.

Here, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between a number of Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises took place in a number of fields such as investment, trade, tourism, technology...

Speaking at the program, Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan affirmed that this is a meaningful occasion for the authorities and businesses of both sides to meet, exchange and share useful information on investment opportunities and preferential policies to attract investment in Hanoi, serving as a bridge for businesses of both sides to meet and seek potential partners in many areas of strength of the two localities.

Mr. Duong Duc Tuan emphasized: "I hope that in the coming time, we will carry out more activities to promote the cooperation between the two localities to be more and more substantial, effective, and in-depth, continuing to open a new, dynamic development period for the common benefit."

Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung received Mr. Nghiem Gioi Hoa, Chairman and Founder of Pacific Construction Group, China. (Source: VNA)

Also on the morning of September 26 in Guangzhou, Mr. Dinh Tien Dung received Mr. Nghiem Gioi Hoa, Chairman - Founder of Pacific Construction Group, China.

This is one of the world's leading private enterprises in infrastructure investment and construction, ranked 75th among the 500 largest enterprises in the world according to Fortune Magazine. Pacific Construction Group has many advantages and experiences in construction of traffic works, irrigation, construction, management and urban operation.

Talking with the Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, Mr. Nghiem Gioi Hoa expressed his wish to continue researching, cooperating and investing in Hanoi in the coming time; at the same time, he affirmed that the prestige and brand of the group is to use new modern technology, comply with contracts and always ensure progress and work quickly.

Mr. Dinh Tien Dung affirmed that Hanoi always creates favorable conditions to attract foreign investment, especially investment cooperation in construction to create a breakthrough in developing transport infrastructure.

Welcoming the values, prestige, brand and commitment of the Pacific Group, the Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee asked the group to pay early attention and propose investment in a number of infrastructure projects in Hanoi.

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