Khanh Hoa, St. Petersburg foster cooperation in tourism, health
The People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province and the administration of St. Petersburg city of Russia held a webinar on September 29 to promote cooperation between the two localities.
Standing Vice Chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincial People's Committee Le Huu Hoang (Photo: VNA)
Khanh Hoa (VNA) - The People's Committee of Khanh Hoa provinceand the administration of St. Petersburg city of Russia held a webinar onSeptember 29 to promote cooperation between the two localities.
The event aimed to introduce the potential and beauty of thetwo localities in particular, and the two countries in general; thereby orientingways to promote cooperation and investment, especially tourism and health.
Evgeny Grigoriev, Chairman of the Committee for ExternalRelations of St. Petersburg, said that his city has twinned with Khanh Hoaprovince and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. St. Petersburg is responsible forcontributing to bringing two-way trade turnover to 10 billion USD a yearthrough cooperation between localities.
Le Huu Hoang, Standing Vice Chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincialPeople's Committee, expressed his hope that through the webinar, the Russiancity will clearly know about potential, strengths and cooperation opportunitieswith Khanh Hoa province, especially in tourism and health. He suggested St.Petersburg to assist his province in COVD-19 prevention and control.
In 2019, Russia ranked sixth in terms of numbers of touriststo Vietnam, with 646,000, of who 460,000, or over 70 percent, visited KhanhHoa./.
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Standing Vice Chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincial People's Committee Le Huu Hoang (Photo: VNA) 
