HCM City seeks cooperation with RoK in environmental issues
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s businesses and investors to learn about, cooperate with and invest in the city in the fields of green economy, and wastewater and waste treatment, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong said on September 14.
Working session between Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong and RoK Vice Minister of Environment Lim Sangjun (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City welcomes the Republic of Korea(RoK)’s businesses and investors to learn about, cooperate with and invest inthe city in the fields of green economy, and wastewater and waste treatment,Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong said onSeptember 14.
Hosting RoK Vice Minister of Environment Lim Sangjun who ison a working visit to Vietnam to attend the HCM City Economic Forum 2023, Cuongexpressed his hope that the RoK, with its experiences, will assist the city intransferring technology, training human resources, and encouraging Korean firmsto invest in this field.
Lim said that the issue of green growth and sustainabledevelopment has received attention of all countries around the world.
The RoK has experiences in this field and is willing toshare them and relevant policies with the city, he stressed, adding that manyKorean businesses are showing interests in projects related to wastewatertreatment in the city, especially those in the form of public-privatepartnership (PPP).
The same day, Cuong had a working session with a leader fromthe RoK’s Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. that also wants to cooperate with thecity in wastewater treatment projects./.
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Working session between Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong and RoK Vice Minister of Environment Lim Sangjun (Photo: VNA)
