Leaders of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Johannesburg city of South
Africa want to continue enhancing the friendship and cooperation between
twin localities.

This came from a meeting between Deputy
Permanent Secretary of the HCM City Party’s Committee Nguyen Van Dua and
Johannesburg city manager Trevor Fowler as part of the former’s visit
to South Africa from June 28-30.

The Vietnamese official
conveyed his regards to South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela, a
great friend of Vietnamese people.

Trevor Fowler described
the HCM City delegation’s visit a manifestation of the friendship
between the two cities as well as the two countries’ people.

The host and guest briefed each other on each city’s development
situation and noted with pleasure the achievements the twin cities have
recorded over the past time.

The HCM City officials were
introduced to Johannesburg’s development strategy and experience in
activity management, especially in public transport.

They
visited several facilities in charge of managing and operating trains
and buses in South Africa’s largest city, which also ranks second in
size in Africa.

Earlier, they paid working visits to Israel and Mozambique to exchange experience in urban management.-VNA