On the afternoon of September 29th, a cooperation promotion workshop between Khanh Hoa province and Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation) officially took place online with relevant agencies and units. At the Khanh Hoa bridge point, Mr. Le Huu Hoang- Member of Standing Board of Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee chaired; at the Saint Petersburg city bridge, Mr. Kalganov Vyacheslav Gennadievich - Vice Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saint Petersburg City presided. At other bridges, there were also the attendance of Mr. Sadykov Timur Sirozhevich - Consul General of the Russian Federation in Ho Chi Minh City; Mr. Duong Hoang Minh - Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of Vietnam in Russia.
At the workshop, representatives of Khanh Hoa province and Saint Petersburg City discussed and exchanged contents that will continue to be more sustainable cooperation between the two localities such as: Potentials and opportunities for cooperation in tourism; potential and opportunities for medical cooperation; potential and opportunities for medical cooperation of the Center for Science and Clinical Practice on specialized medical care types in Saint Petersburg city; potential, opportunities for medical cooperation of the Provincial General Hospital (oncology)…
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Mr. Le Huu Hoang - Member of Standing Board of Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee is speaking at the workshop.
Speaking at the seminar, Mr. Le Huu Hoang expressed his pleasure about the development of cooperation relations between Vietnam - Russia in general, Khanh Hoa - Saint Petersburg in particular. Since establishing friendly cooperative relations since 2007, Khanh Hoa and Saint Petersburg have had many cooperation contents in areas where the two localities have strengths such as tourism, healthcare, and research, science, education... Besides, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also gave an overview of the socio-economic development situation of Khanh Hoa in recent years and suggested potentials, opportunity to continue the more sustainable cooperation between the two localities in the fields of tourism and health. He also expressed his hope that this conference will contribute to consolidating and strengthening the good cooperative relationship between Khanh Hoa and Saint Petersburg, aiming to serve the interests of the people...
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There are many potential for cooperation in tourism between Khanh Hoa and Saint Petersburg. Illustrative photo.
Also at the seminar, Mr. Kalganov Vyacheslav Gennadievich expressed his pleasure at the results of cooperation in the past time between Khanh Hoa and Saint Petersburg City. At the same time, the seminar on promoting cooperation between Khanh Hoa province and the city this time is one of the contents within the framework of the program "2 centuries of friendship - 2 strategic partners" of Saint Petersburg. Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Saint Petersburg City affirmed that in the coming time, Saint Petersburg will overcome difficulties, especially the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, to continue deepening, widening and sustainable cooperation with Vietnam in general and with Khanh Hoa in particular through the Program "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership - New Prospects for Cooperation"; especially the cooperation with Khanh Hoa on research and treatment of cancer, oncology... He also wished that from now until the end of November 2021, Khanh Hoa Department of Foreign Affairs would pay attention to coordinate with other agencies of Saint Petersburg officials to discuss and comment on specific cooperation roadmaps between the two localities in the near future.
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It is known that in 2020, bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and the Russian Federation will reach 5.7 billion USD, up 15% compared to 2019 and up 50% compared to 2016; In the first seven months of 2021, this turnover will reach 3.6 billion USD, up 24% over the same period in 2020. In the tourism sector, in 2019, the number of tourists from the Russian Federation to Vietnam reached a record level; more than 646 thousand arrivals (an increase of 6.6% compared to 2018 and an increase of 91% compared to 2015), ranking first in Europe and 6th in the international tourist market of Vietnam. Besides, the number of tourists from Vietnam to Russia in recent years has also grown very rapidly. Particularly in Khanh Hoa, in 2019, the province welcomed over 460 thousand Russian tourists (up 4.5% compared to 2018); accounting for over 70% of the total number of Russian tourists to Vietnam…
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