HCM City asks for UNESCO support in human resources improvement
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to increase cooperation programmes to support the city in enhancing human resources quality.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) welcomes UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City PartyCommittee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova toincrease cooperation programmes to support the city in enhancing human resourcesquality.
During a meeting with the UNESCO leader in the city on August 26, Nhan proposedthat UNESCO assist the city in implementing research programmes on impacts ofsea level rise and salinity in Can Gio Biosphere Reserve.
Nhan thanked Bokova for supporting Vietnam in implementing cooperationactivities with UNESCO, contributing to the growth of Vietnam, including Ho ChiMinh City.
He held that the third visit of Bokova to Vietnam shows the goodwill of UNESCOto Vietnam, especially through the signing of an agreement on the formation ofthe two centres of mathematics and physics under UNESCO’s sponsor.
For her part, Bokova said that her visit is a chance for UNESCO andVietnam to review their cooperation and discuss plan to expand collaboration inthe future, especially in areas of innovation, cultural management, andenvironment research.
UNESCO always wishes and is willing to cooperate with Ho Chi Minh Cityin improving creative human resources quality, and work closely with local scientistsand experts in preserving the Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, said Bokova.
She said she is impressed with the heroic history and dynamicdevelopment of the city, holding that the city has high potential in becoming amember of the UNESCO network of creative cities. She pledged to share with thecity experience and ideas in urban management and development.
During her stay in the city, Irina Bokova also visited a number of localrelic sites.-VNA
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Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) welcomes UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova (Photo: VNA) 
