Ho Chi Minh City and CityNet enhance links
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City desires to boost co-operation with CityNet in a bid to enhance connections and to promote the image of the southern metropolis to network members, Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, told Kim Jeong-kee, chief executive officer of the Secretariat of CityNet.
During his recent reception in the city, Hoan said that as a member of the network, Ho Chi Minh City has greatly benefited from programmes of CityNet, which is the largest association of urban stakeholders committed to sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
The southern metropolis has set up friendly relations with more than 50 localities of countries around the world and organises the Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue that features the participation of mayors from more than 50 cities worldwide every two years, he said. He added that it hopes to work alongside CityNet to promote resources whilst improving the overall effectiveness of activities within the dialogue event, especially in terms of solving challenges that urban areas are facing today.
Regarding Kim’s suggestion on hosting the CityNet General Council Meeting in 2026, Hoan affirmed the city’s capacity to hold the event. He therefore proposed that CityNet should launch seminars and discussion activities between cities on issues of concern to all parties prior to the meeting.
Kim stated that it is time for CityNet to step up its co-operation with Ho Chi Minh City, as well as between the Vietnamese metropolis and other cities, emphasising that his working visit aims to promote collaboration between the network and Vietnamese members.
He said CityNet hopes the city will promote its role as one of its founding members, while affirming that CityNet will work closely alongside the Ho Chi Minh City when it hosts CityNet General Council Meeting in 2026 to improve the efficiency of the event, as well as to connect it with the Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue.
Kim used the occasion to invite the city to attend the international conference on environmental protection and sustainable urban development organised by CityNet in the Republic of Korea in June.
