A delegation from Hanoi led by Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the city People’s Council. paid a visit to Washington D.C. to seek stronger partnership with the capital city in the US.
At the working session between the Hanoi delegation and Kimberly Bassett, Secretary of the District of Columbia. (Photo: VNA)
Washington D.C. (VNA) – A delegation from Hanoi ledby Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee andChairman of the city People’s Council. paid a visit to Washington D.C. to seekstronger partnership with the capital city in the US.
The delegation had working sessions with Kimberly Bassett, Secretaryof the District of Columbia, and Ben de Guzman, Director of the Mayor's Officeon Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs in Washington D.C., and various agencies in the city.
At the working sessions, Tuan highlighted that as thepolitical and administrative centres of the two countries, the two capitalcities will make important contributions to the strengthening of cooperationand friendship between the two countries.
The two cities should implement more external relations activitiesas well as meetings and delegation exchanges, while conducting investment,trade and tourism promotion activities, and increasing cultural andpeople-to-people exchange activities, including the Hanoi Days in Washington D.C.
Bassett suggested that the two capital cities continue to bolster their partnership, adding that in the time to come, theyshould discuss and sign a cooperation agreement. The two sides should set up ashared information channel and assigned their external affair agencies on thebuilding of the agreement.
The Hanoi delegation at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C. (Photo: VNA)
The official affirmed that the administration of Washington D.C. willcreate favourable conditions for businesses from Hanoi to conduct trade and import-export activities and assist US firms to invest in Hanoi.
The two sides also briefed eachother on the socioeconomic situation of the two cities, and shared experiencein organising the administrative apparatus, the mechanism to supervise publicagencies, as well as the decentralisation of socioeconomic management. They also discussed the planningand management of urban infrastructure system and the building of smart cities,tourism development, and social welfare policies.
During their stay, the delegation visited the Vietnamese Embassy. Tuan thanked theembassy and the Vietnamese ambassador for their coordination, and proposed thatthe embassy continue to help promote of the image of Hanoi to internationalfriends, and strengthen the friendship between Hanoi and US localities. He alsoasked for the embassy’s support in increasing investment promotion andcooperation with the US side in all fields./.
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At the working session between the Hanoi delegation and Kimberly Bassett, Secretary of the District of Columbia. (Photo: VNA) 
The Hanoi delegation at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C. (Photo: VNA) 
