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Addressing the celebration, Chairman of the city’s Vietnam-Republic of Korea Friendship Association, Diep Dung, highlighted the strong growth of Vietnam-RoK ties after the two countries first set up diplomatic relationship 26 years ago and the strategic cooperative partnership 9 years ago. The two countries are important partners of each other in the fields of investment, trade, tourism, culture and people-to-people exchanges. Dung reviewed the association’s activities to contribute to bilateral relations in the past few years, including receiving RoK delegations to the city, holding cultural exchange events, and co-sponsoring charity activities with RoK businesses in the city. The Consul General of the RoK to Ho Chi Minh City, Lim Jae-hoon, hailed the close friendly ties between the two countries. He noted that the RoK is a major investment partner of Vietnam, with more than 3,000 RoK firms doing business in the country. On the occasion, the city’s Vietnam-Republic … [Read more...] about RoK’s National Foundation Day marked in Ho Chi Minh City

Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman Liem stressed that, in the context that Vietnam and France are celebrating the 45th anniversary of their diplomatic ties and the five-year Strategic Partnership, the working visit by the Lyon delegation was of significance, contributing to tightening the relations between Ho Chi Minh City and Lyon and between Vietnam and France as a whole. He thanked the region for supporting the repair, protection and conservation of several social and cultural establishments in the city, such as the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the People’s Committee headquarters, the Municipal Theatre and the Post Office. He said that the signing of the cooperation agreement created a new cooperation framework that will help to boost the bilateral relations between the two sides and deepen the Vietnam-France strategic partnership. Vincent stated that the time-honoured relationship between France and Vietnam is the foundation and motivation to foster ties between their localities. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City bolsters collaboration with the French city of Lyon

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Le Thanh Liem (R) and Max Vincent, Vice President of France’s Lyon, sign cooperation agreement for 2018-2020 (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Le Thanh Liem hosted a reception on October 18 for Max Vincent, Vice President of France’s Lyon, during which they signed a cooperation agreement for 2018-2020 between the two sides. Speaking at the event, Liem stressed that in the context that Vietnam and France are celebrating the 45th anniversary of their diplomatic ties and the five-year Strategic Partnership, the working visit by the Lyon delegation was of significance, contributing to tightening relations between Ho Chi Minh City and Lyon as well as between Vietnam and France at large. He thanked the region for supporting the repair, protection and conservation of several social and cultural establishments in the city, such as Ho … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City bolsters collaboration with France’s Lyon