2023-10-11 15:15:00
Scene of the reception. (Photo: Xuan Khu/TTXVN)
Ho Chi Minh City wants to strengthen coordination French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam to research and promote cooperation in the future.
Mr. Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City emphasized this at a meeting with Mr. Herve Conan, Director of the French Development Agency in Vietnam on October 11.
Mr. Vo Van Hoan highly appreciated and thanked AFD in Vietnam for many effective support activities, contributing to the development of Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, especially in supporting Support resources to implement related projects Urban Developmentagainst Climate Change.
Ho Chi Minh City highly appreciates the effectiveness of cooperation activities between Ho Chi Minh City State Financial Investment Company (HFIC) and AFD and hopes to continue to have more similar cooperation activities.
Sharing the city’s development situation, Mr. Vo Van Hoan said the city has a large development investment need but limited resources, so the city is focusing on mobilizing social resources, from the state and businesses. businesses, people and from foreign investors and partners including AFD. In the process of development and urbanization, Ho Chi Minh City is facing challenges such as traffic problems, urban waste treatment, flooding…
Mr. Vo Van Hoan added that the city is facing the need to transform its economic structure to a Green Growth economy to meet development requirements in the new situation.
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Ho Chi Minh City hopes that AFD in Vietnam will support and cooperate to overcome the difficulties and challenges that the city is focusing on solving, especially in the fields of AFD have experience and strengths.
Director of AFD in Vietnam said that France has made a strong commitment to accompany developed countries in implementing agreements on combating climate change and reducing greenhouse emissions under the 2007 Bali Treaty. Therefore, In recent years, AFD has been focusing on implementing cooperation with Governments to implement the goals of combating climate change and reducing greenhouse emissions.
Within the framework of the above fields, AFD in Vietnam hopes to contribute to the development of Vietnam’s major cities, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Herve Conan said that in order to comply with the Vietnamese State’s regulations on foreign capital management, AFD is currently implementing many direct cooperation projects with Vietnamese localities in the field of adaptation. climate change such as urban flood prevention, coastal erosion prevention, management cooperation, water treatment or projects that achieve emission reduction goals such as providing finance for urban transport infrastructure, converting recycled energy…
Mr. Herve Conan expressed his hope that based on the results of cooperation between AFD and localities of Vietnam as well as the results of cooperation between AFD and HFIC, in the coming time, AFD in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City will Minh will promote connection and cooperation between the two sides, especially in implementing projects related to transportation, environment and urban development./.
Xuan Khu (VNA/Vietnam+)
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