HCM City, Shanghai seek broader cooperation

A meeting between Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Yu Shaoliang, and Deputy Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai was held virtually on December 18 to discuss ways to further step up bilateral cooperation.

The virtual meeting showed the two cities’ determination and desire to maintain their friendship and cooperation, Hai said, while hoping that both Vietnam and China, including HCM City and Shanghai, will take advantage of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement signed at the 37th ASEAN Summit to further bolster their bilateral relations.

Briefing his counterpart on the outcomes of HCM City’s 11th Party Congress and its development orientations, Hai voiced his hope that the two cities will co-organise short-term training courses for their officials and public servants, and enhance coordination in the areas of shared concern such as finance, smart city development and innovation.

Yu, in turn, thanked HCM City for its support to Shanghai over the past years. He said he wants the two cities will further reinforce their partnership and nurture the friendship and cooperation between the two countries in the time ahead.

He briefed his host on Shanghai’s socio-economic development situation, including the fight against COVID-19, and spoke highly of Vietnam’s successful containment of the pandemic.

Yu suggested the two sides should augment cooperation in traditional fields, including economy, trade, urban management, and culture, and increase exchanges of officials and youths.

He also urged the two sides to effectively carry out cooperation programmes in trade, economy, monetary management and experience sharing in Party building, personnel management and anti-corruption.