Spain’s region shares experience in urban development with Hanoi
Spain’s region shares experience in sustainable urban development with Hanoi
Hanoi wants to learn from experience from the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia to address challenges in building a civilised and sustainable city.
Vice Chairman of Hanoi's People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu (R) receives Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia Damià Calvet i Valera (Source: kinhtedothi.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi wants to learn from experience from theSpanish autonomous community of Catalonia to address challenges in building acivilised and sustainable city.
Hanoi is facing major challenges related topollution, traffic jams and waste treatment, said Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu while receiving a delegation fromCatalonia led by Minister of Territory and Sustainability Damià Calvet i Valeraon November 12.
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Damià Calvet stated the administrationstructure of Catalonia is not similar to Hanoi’s, but both share similartargets of climate change response, environmental protection and sustainabledevelopment.
According to him, Catalonia is implementinginfrastructure management policies for sustainable development. It is alsofacing challenges related to public transport, waste treatment and pollution.
Therefore, the region is focusing ondeveloping multimodal transport using advanced technology, he said, adding thatit also bans personal vehicles from places with high traffic density at acertain time of the day and replaces vehicles using normal fuel with thoseusing clean fuel or electricity.
Modern technology is also used in watersupply and waste treatment, he said.
With its experience in building a modelurban area, Catalonia is willing to support Hanoi’s development, he affirmed.
Catalonia comprises Barcelona, Girona,Lleida and Tarragona. The region has an average annual GDP of more than 100billion USD. Meanwhile, Hanoi is home to more than 10 million people with rapidurbanisation. The city welcomes about 20 million tourists, including 5 millionforeigners, each year.-VNA
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Vice Chairman of Hanoi's People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu (R) receives Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia Damià Calvet i Valera (Source: kinhtedothi.vn) 
