Promoting Hanoi’s images in the UK
WVR/VNA - A delegation from Hanoi led by the President of the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee Nguyen Lan Huong paid a visit to the UK from October 9-13, aiming to promote the city’s images.
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| Hanoi delegation gives presents to officials and staff at Vietnamese Embassy in the UK. (Photo: HNM) |
On October 9, the delegation joined a programme for Vietnam’s localities to promote their images in the UK.
The delegation also visited the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in London.
At the meeting, Huong informed overseas Vietnamese in the UK about Hanoi’s socio-economic development and areas in which the city wants to attract investment.
The UK ranks 11th among countries and territories that have foreign direct investment (FDI) in Hanoi.
In the first six months of 2023, Hanoi's export turnover to the UK reached 44 million USD, with clothes, machinery and equipment, footwear, and ceramics as main exports.
In the period, Hanoi spent 58 million USD importing goods, mainly metal and mechanical products, electronic and computer components, pharmaceuticals, from the UK.
The capital city welcomed 2.03 million international visitors, seven times higher than that of the same period in 2022, of which 81,460 tourists were from the UK.
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| Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen speaks at the meeting with the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK. (Photo: HNM) |
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long appreciated the purpose and meaning of the delegation's trip in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (1973-2023). The Ambassador said that he hopes Hanoi will connect, invest and cooperate with the UK in international finance.
According to him, over the past time, the embassy has always accompanied and served as a bridge for Vietnamese localities, including Hanoi, to connect and promote collaboration with British localities in trade, information technology, digital transformation, and education-training.
The Ambassador noted digital economy and clean energy transition are two areas where the UK has strengths and offers Hanoi great opportunities for cooperation in the coming time.
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| The Hanoi delegation meets with officials and employees of the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and representatives of the Vietnamese community in London. (Photo: HNM) |
On behalf of the delegation, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen thanked the coordination of the Embassy in promoting Hanoi's image to international friends and strengthening friendly relationships between Hanoi City and the UK's localities.
He proposed that the Embassy continue to organize UK's cultural and artistic exchange events in Hanoi, and coordinate with the British Embassy in Hanoi to hold exhibitions introducing the UK's country, people, and culture in the capital to promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
Hanoi wishes to enhance cooperation with the UK's localities and partners in the field of agricultural product processing and processing technology, agricultural machinery and equipment, etc.
