At the reception (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City welcomes experts from New South Wales tovisit and share their experiences in the fields of their strength, notablyinnovation, startup ecosystem development, and smart city building, a municipalofficial has said.
Vice Chairman ofthe municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem made the statement during areception in HCM City on November 8 for a delegation from New South Wales, led byNiall Blair, who holds incumbent titles as the state’s Minister for PrimaryIndustries, Minister for Regional Water and Minister for Trade and Industry.
Liem told hisguests that HCM City is currently home to 182 Australian projects. Two-waytrade has been on the rise, hitting 800 million USD in 2017, he said, addingthat the figure is projected to reach 1 billion USD this year.
In addition, HCMCity has worked with Australia in multiple fields, including education,agriculture, and tourism.
Liem noted that HCMCity is paying heed to water resource management as the city often facesflooding, triggered by downpours and the rising tides caused by climate change.
Additionally,the city has high demand for water to maintain and improve people’s livelihoods,he said, stressing that it is looking to exchange experience in water resource managementwith New South Wales.
Liem alsoinformed his guests of HCM City’s socio-economic development orientations inthe time to come, saying that the city is working on a smart urban project and theconstruction of an innovative urban area on the east side.
For his part, Blairsaid New South Wales is a major state in terms of economy in Australia. Headded that during its development process, the state also encountered similarchallenges in infrastructure, water resource management, and wastewatertreatment.
Blair expressedhis hope that HCM City and New South Wales will enhance cooperation in the nearfuture, which will contribute to Vietnam-Australia ties and help to make fulluse of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP).
Blair noted thatthe Vietnamese community living in the Australian state have also contributedto strengthening bilateral cooperation.
He pledged to bolstercollaboration between New South Wales and HCM City in the coming time, not onlyin water resource management, but also in climate change adaption, high-techagriculture, clean water in rural areas, and other issues relating to urbandevelopment.–VNA
Vice Chairman ofthe municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem made the statement during areception in HCM City on November 8 for a delegation from New South Wales, led byNiall Blair, who holds incumbent titles as the state’s Minister for PrimaryIndustries, Minister for Regional Water and Minister for Trade and Industry.
Liem told hisguests that HCM City is currently home to 182 Australian projects. Two-waytrade has been on the rise, hitting 800 million USD in 2017, he said, addingthat the figure is projected to reach 1 billion USD this year.
In addition, HCMCity has worked with Australia in multiple fields, including education,agriculture, and tourism.
Liem noted that HCMCity is paying heed to water resource management as the city often facesflooding, triggered by downpours and the rising tides caused by climate change.
Additionally,the city has high demand for water to maintain and improve people’s livelihoods,he said, stressing that it is looking to exchange experience in water resource managementwith New South Wales.
Liem alsoinformed his guests of HCM City’s socio-economic development orientations inthe time to come, saying that the city is working on a smart urban project and theconstruction of an innovative urban area on the east side.
For his part, Blairsaid New South Wales is a major state in terms of economy in Australia. Headded that during its development process, the state also encountered similarchallenges in infrastructure, water resource management, and wastewatertreatment.
Blair expressedhis hope that HCM City and New South Wales will enhance cooperation in the nearfuture, which will contribute to Vietnam-Australia ties and help to make fulluse of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP).
Blair noted thatthe Vietnamese community living in the Australian state have also contributedto strengthening bilateral cooperation.
He pledged to bolstercollaboration between New South Wales and HCM City in the coming time, not onlyin water resource management, but also in climate change adaption, high-techagriculture, clean water in rural areas, and other issues relating to urbandevelopment.–VNA
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