>>Vietnam-France seminar discusses smart city development
>>Conference aims at fostering joint cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities
After the 12th Vietnam-France cooperation conference, more discussions and exchanges will be continued on other forums to implement the conference’s objectives of creating new connections, new partners, and new successes, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh said on April 15 at the closing ceremony of the three-day conference.
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| Participants at the conference are told about Vietnamese localities__Photo: VNA |
The joint statement issued at the conference pointed out that environmental and climate changes are caused by human activities, reaffirming the determination to cooperate, based on the potential of experience exchanges in sustainable development, especially effective water management.
Participants at the conference agreed that environmental protection is a solid basis for sustainable socio-economic development.
There is a need to quickly adapt to digital transformation, which is now becoming a big challenge for socio-economic transformation, affirming that the cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities can offer new effective actions and solutions to successfully lead the transformation, through sharing common perceptions, policies, and experiences of success and failure in the development of a digital ecosystem, digital economy, digital society, and smart city. In this process, the priority is to improve the quality of public services and the business environment.
Challenges of urbanization for the sustainable development of cities and people’s lives give people no choice but to develop sustainably.
Hence, it is necessary to promote projects based on a holistic approach and adapt to local conditions to ensure harmony and balance between modernity and tradition, heritage preservation, economic development, environmental protection, integration, and preservation of cultural identity. This not only requires a long-term vision of urban planning and management but also solutions to encourage and mobilize different stakeholders, especially urban residents, to participate in the transition towards a greener, more sustainable stage.
According to the joint statement, through discussions on forms of heritage conservation, cultural promotion, and tourism development, the localities of Vietnam and France, with diversity and richness in culture and heritage, have common interests and strengthen cooperation in formulating strategies for socio-economic development, green growth, and cultural industries associated with the conservation of tangible and intangible heritage.
The local-level cooperation is essential and indispensable for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals under the 2030 Agenda. The conference called for the development of this form of cooperation and committed to implementing the recommendations of the conference, with the support of all stakeholders.- (VLLF)
