At the meeting, the host highly valued efforts by Michalak, who is also a former US ambassador to Vietnam, to help promote bilateral relations in a result-oriented manner.

He noted that on the basis of the two countries’ sound relations, partnership between HCM City and the US has also reaped good outcomes, especially in trade, investment and education.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) meets with received Senior Vice President of the US-ASEAN Business Council Michael Michalak on June 17.

Nhan asked the UABC Vice President to continue helping US businesses to learn about the local investment climate, and invest in HCM City’s prioritized fields such as smart city building, scientific-technological development and innovation, thereby contributing to the substantive cooperation between the countries.

For his part, Michalak voiced his delight at the US’s growing relations with Vietnam, noting that over the past 10 years, more than 80,000 Vietnamese students have enrolled in secondary schools and higher educational institutions in the US.

There are over 30,000 Vietnamese students in his country at present, ranking first among Southeast Asian countries and fifth in the world in terms of the foreign student sources in the US, he noted.

He also asked HCM City’s authorities to continue favourable conditions for US firms to invest in different areas, especially in education, training and human resources quality improvement.

At the event, the two sides discussed ways to step up cooperation programmes and projects on training high-quality human resources.

The US is now a leading trade partner of HCM City as bilateral trade reached 8.2 billion USD in 2018. With nearly 400 projects worth almost 1 billion USD, it ranks 10th among countries and territories investing in the city.

Humanitarian Month launched nationwide for first time

The 2019 Month for Humanitarian Activities was launched in Hanoi on May 11, and this is also the first time this programme has been held at the national scale.

Primitive human traces found in Tuyen Quang province

Evidence of primitive humans have been found in several sites in the mountainous area of Chiem Hoa district,  the northern province of Tuyen Quang, according to archaeologists.

Hanoi Red Cross launches humanitarian month

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS)’s chapter in Hanoi will strive to provide support for 7,000-10,000 disadvantaged people under the 2019 Humanitarian Month which was launched in the capital city on May 5

Humanitarian month to include multiple activities

Blood donation and organ donation commitment is among activities to be held during the humanitarian month which lasts from May 1-31 under the theme of “Connecting, Sharing, and Spreading,” heard a press conference in Hanoi on April 25.

Focusing on training linkage and coordination to supply qualified human resources to enterprises

(BGO) – It is a key solution to link with the enterprises in labor training in order to increase the quality of human resouces to meet the demand of industrial development in Bac Giang province during the integration process.

Source: VNA