Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee, Le Hoang Quan on October 21^st received a delegation from Moscow, the Federation of Russia led by Andrey Vorobiev, Moscow Governor who is paying a working visit to Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Chairman, Le Hoang Quan and Moscow Governor Andrey Vorobiev (Photo: VNA)

According to Mr. Quan, the visit held great significance in the relationship between Ho Chi Minh city and Moscow.

After a signing of cooperation deal in May, the two localities have carried out a range of perse activities to realise the deal. At present, agencies in Ho Chi Minh city are accelerating the work to invest in Moscow.

Mr. Quan added that apart from economic cooperation, the two sides should increase cooperation in scientific, educational, cultural, tourism and art sectors, especially tourism. In the first 9 months of this year, Ho Chi Minh city welcomed over 60,000 Russian tourists while Saigontourist has conducted cooperation activities with Russian tour companies.

Mr. Quan went on to say that in November, some 40 Vietnamese enterprises will join a fair in Moscow to sign-off on previously proposed cooperative deals between the two localities.

For his part, Mr. Andrey Vorobiev said that the purpose of the visit was to promote the agreements that were already in place. The Moscow delegation visited Ho Chi Minh city’s export processing and industrial zones to gain experience in establishing and developing business from them as well as attracting investment./.

( Compiled by VNF )