HCM City fosters cooperative relations with Daegu city
Ho Chi Minh City always attaches importance to cooperative ties with the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s localities, including Daegu city, thus helping to promote friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK, said a municipal official.
At the working session between Ho Chi Minh City's leaders with a delegation from Daegu city of the RoK (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City alꦅways attaches impᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚortance to cooperative ties withthe Republic of Korea (RoK)’s localities, including Daegu city, thus helping topromote friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK, said amunicipal official.
Vice Chairman ofthe HCM City’s People Committee Le Thanh Liem made the statement on May 10 whilereceiving Kim Seung-su, Vice Mayor of Daegu city, who is paying a working visitto HCM City to mark three years of friendship and cooperative relations betweenthe two cities. HCM City andDaegu have increased the exchange of high-ranking delegations and jointlyorganised various activities such as Daegu festivals, business forums and mostrecently a concert celebrating the third founding anniversary of bilateralrelations, Liem said. He also affirmedthat HCM City will create optimal conditions for Daegu businesses to invest in thefields where they have advantages and HCM City has demand, particularlyinfrastructure development, metro system, flood prevention programme andenvironmental pollution reduction, among others.
For his part,Kim said he was happy to see that HCM City and Daegu city have enjoyedstronger cooperation after the establishment of friendship and cooperative ties.Daegu city’s representative office in HCM City has become an important bridgelinking businesses and people of the two cities, he added. The Vice Mayor briefedhis host on Daegu’s potential, noting that it has bolstered the development of theprocessing, automobile, water equipment, health and mining industries. The cityalso wants to enhance investment and trade links with HCM City’s enterprises inthe coming time, he said. Daegu is one ofthe largest cities in the RoK, only behind the capital city of Seoul, Busan andIncheon.-VNA
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At the working session between Ho Chi Minh City's leaders with a delegation from Daegu city of the RoK (Photo: VNA) 
