HCM City, RoK foster collaboration in environmental protection

Mãi received Deputy Minister of Environment for the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kum Hang-seung during his official visit to the city. “The city is also willing to build a long-term cooperation with the RoK in green economy development,” he said. It expects to learn experiences from the RoK in building policies, standards and roadmaps to achieve sustainable development goals, he said. He expressed that the RoK was ready to welcome delegations from the city to explore environmental protection models, share experiences in building environmental policies, and offer short-term courses to improve the quality of human resources in the city’s natural resources and environmental sector. In addition, Korean firms proposed the city authorities create favourable conditions for them to join in wastewater treatment and environmental projects in the city, he said.