HCM City (VNA) –Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang onSeptember 6 suggested expanding its cooperation with Japan’s city of Osaka inthe field of flood and climate change prevention.

The municipal official madethe suggestion during a reception for visiting Vice Governor of Osaka SeigoTanaka in Ho Chi Minh City.

Mang praised authorities and investors from Osaka as they have prioritised cooperatingwith HCM City in environmental protection, expressing his hope that theJapanese locality’s enterprises and investors will enhance collaboration withHCM City in other spheres, especially in healthcare, high-quality human resourcesdevelopment, transport infrastructure, and smart city development.

He asserted the municipal authorities’ determination to promote effective cooperativeactivities with Osaka.

Mang said Osaka has experience and effective solutions to issues related to theenvironment, climate change adaptation, water management, and classification ofsolid waste.


Osaka is one of HCM City’stop partners in effect cooperation projects, providing consultation and crucialenvironmental solutions in water management, sorting of solid waste, andclimate change adaptation, he noted.


The Vice Chairman took theoccasion to offer condolences on the losses and damage caused by tropical StormJebi for both Osaka in general and Japan in particular, expressing his beliefthat the city’s authorities will soon help to overcome the aftermath.

For his part, Seigo Tanaka affirmed that Typhoon Jebi is one of theconsequences caused by climate change.

He stressed similarities in culture and geography between Vietnam and Japan ingeneral, as well as HCM City and Osaka more specifically in terms of subsidence,flooding, and salt water intrusion.

He hoped the two localities would further expand their multi-facetedcooperation to combat climate change in the time to come.

The two cities need to extend their cooperation agreements on environmentaltreatment and clean water supply, he noted. –VNA