Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong spoke at the meeting.

Attending the meeting were Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Hue City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong; Mr. Yamashita Makoto, Governor of Nara Prefecture (Japan), Head of the Secretariat of the East Asia Regional and Local Government Conference; and delegates representing more than 30 local governments and organizations from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The “Local Government and East Asia Region” Conference was initiated by Nara Prefecture in 2010. Since then, Hue City has always considered this an important forum to promote cooperation between East Asian localities, share development experiences, and strengthen friendship between localities in the East Asian region such as: Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Vietnam, etc.

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong emphasized: Hue is not only a modern urban area that is striving to develop but also a place that preserves the unique historical and cultural values ​​of Vietnam. With beautiful natural landscapes, a rich national cultural tradition with more than 700 years of formation and development; it is a large and unique cultural and tourist center of Vietnam with 8 world heritages recognized by UNESCO. Not only that, Hue today is also a dynamic city, deeply integrated and rapidly developing in many fields. We are proud of the hospitality and friendliness of Hue people and are always ready to welcome international friends to exchange, cooperate and explore the potential of the city.

Delegates from countries visited the exhibition space promoting products of provinces and cities attending the Conference.

The 14th Conference on Local Government and the East Asia Region was held for the first time in Hue in particular and in a locality in Vietnam in general. Therefore, the main topics of the 14th Conference are “Developing green and sustainable tourism ” and “Developing smart cities”, which are very important areas for the development orientation of Hue city now and in the future. We hope that this will be a forum for leaders and experts to discuss innovative solutions towards sustainable development and prosperity for the region, opening up new cooperation opportunities, contributing to peace and development of East Asia in the integration period. We hope that delegates will have memorable experiences, thereby discovering the beauty of the ancient capital and feeling the hospitality of the people of Hue city.

Immediately after the meeting, the heads of delegations attending the 14th East Asia Regional and Local Government Conference attended the opening ceremony and visited the exhibition space promoting products of the provinces and cities attending the Conference.

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