HCM City and US state eye stronger economic cooperation
VOV.VN - Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, hosted a reception on April 11 for Washington State Senator Joseph Nguyen and his delegation.
Regarding the socio-economic situation in the southern city, the municipal leader told his guest that the city is currently outlining orientations for developing the green economy and speed up the digital transformation process to keep abreast with the common trends occurring in the world economy.
He voiced his hope that the state’s businesses will participate in the city's economic transformation process, especially in priority areas and industries such as semiconductor technology, digital transformation, and green energy.
Underlining the need for both sides to co-ordinate in launching exchange programmes, Hoan invited the state to participate in the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum and the city’s Friendship Dialogue to seek greater co-operation opportunities.
As Washington State's first Vietnamese-origin senator, Joseph Nguyen expressed his positive impression of the city's dynamic development, affirming that the state desires to tighten its friendship with Ho Chi Minh City, particularly in relation to trade and investment, to bring practical benefits to the people and businesses.
Washington State is willing to, together with Ho Chi Minh City, carry out contact and dialogue activities to move forward with specific co-operative actions in the time ahead, he added.
Highlighting the southern city's development vision, My Linh Thai, a congresswoman of Washington State, expressed her desire to serve as a bridge of friendship between the second homeland, the United States, and the motherland of Vietnam, especially in the fields of education and health to bring practical benefits to people's lives.
Moving forward, 2025 will be the year that the US and Vietnam celebrate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations, and offer a good opportunity for the two countries to further bolster economic, technology, cultural, and intellectual collaboration, thereby contributing to building and developing the friendship and ties of co-operation that exists between the two countries.
