Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem had a meeting with Peter Tinley, Minister for Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth and Asian Engagement of West Australia state in the city on April 22.
HCM City (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi MinhCity People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem had a meeting with Peter Tinley, Ministerfor Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth and Asian Engagement of West Australia statein the city on April 22.
Liem said that over the past years, the city has paid greatattention to fostering partnership between the city and Australian states.
To date, HCM City has set up friendship ties with Australia’sNorthern Territory, and signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperationwith New South Wales, he noted.
Liem briefed the guest on the city’s socio-economicsituation, saying that Australia is the 17th largest foreigninvestor in HCM City with 182 projects worth nearly 200 million USD and two-waytrade reaching nearly 980 million USD.
In 2018, HCM City welcomed nearly 310,000 Australianvisitors, he said, stressing that potential for trade cooperation between thecity and Australia and West Australia in particular remains huge.
Vietnam opened a Consulate General in Perth city of WestAustralia, which will help connect the city and West Australia, Liem said.
Noting that many Vietnamese people are living, studying andworking in West Australia, Liem expressed his hope that the local governmentwill continue supporting the Vietnamese community here.
For his part, Tinley said that this is his first visit toHCM City as the role of the Minister for Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth andAsian Engagement, which aims to expand partnership between his state andVietnamese localities and enterprises.
He said that West Australia has strength in liquefied petroleumgas and agriculture, and is willing to partner with Vietnamese agencies andlocalities, including HCM City.
The Vietnamese community in West Australia is dynamic withclose connectivity in production and business, he said, pledging that WestAustralia is always creating optimal conditions for the community and othercommunities to settle down in the state.-VNA
Ho Chi Minh City wants to further cooperation with Australian localities across fields in which both sides boast potential, including tourism, education and high-tech agriculture, said a local official.
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Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Cuong highlighted ASEAN’s nearly six decades of development, during which the region transformed from division to harmony, from confrontation to cooperation, and from poverty to dynamic growth, becoming a global bright spot for regional cooperation.
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Overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
