Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan said
he hopes Bulgaria will create favourable conditions for his city and
Bulgaria ’s capital Sofia to resume their twin ties in the
coming time.
At a reception for visiting Bulgarian President
Rosen Plevneliev on October 30, Quan said the twin ties will
contribute to the two countries’ flourishing relations as well as take
the bilateral cooperation to a new height.
He stressed that
Vietnamese people always bear in mind Bulgaria ’s valuable support to
their course of national construction and protection.
He
declared that HCM City will spare no effort to promote the ties
between two sides, adding that he believes bilateral relations will be
boosted following the President’s visit.
For his part,
President Plevneliev emphasised that Bulgaria and Vietnam
have established instruments and measures to foster their ties.
Particularly, they have issued a joint statement looking to move towards
a strategic partnership and a new economic cooperation model.
Expressing his strong impression of HCM City ’s robust and
dynamic development, the guest said Bulgarian businesses want to take
part in the development through investment cooperation with Vietnamese
partners, especially in the fields of purifying water, mining, cigarette
production, pharmaceuticals, industrial production and defence
industry.
According to the President, Bulgaria opened its
economic office in HCM City in a bid to step up investment and
specific cooperation with the country and in the city in particular.
The president said he hopes officials of HCM City will visit
Bulgaria soon and sign specific agreements on the twin relations with
Sofia in the time to come.-VNA