Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong speaks at the opening session

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong emphasized: After 15 years of organization, Hue City has always considered the Conference an important forum for local and regional authorities to discuss common issues that the community is concerned about and facing, exchange policy measures, enhance mutual understanding through open discussion and find solutions to solve problems of mutual concern. At the same time, he affirmed that this is an extremely important event, an opportunity for leaders, experts and representatives from local and regional authorities in the East Asia region to meet, exchange and discuss important issues that the whole region is concerned about.

“We hope that the 14th Conference in 2025 held in Hue City will fulfill its mission, which is to continue the successes of previous conferences, while opening up new opportunities for cooperation and sustainable development of the dynamic East Asia region in the integration period,” emphasized Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong.

Ms. Le Thi Hong Van, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Cultural Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized: Sustainable, inclusive development and green growth in the digital age have become more urgent than ever for all countries and communities, especially when the world is in a period of unprecedented profound and comprehensive transformation in geopolitics , geo-economics, strategic competition, strong shifts of economic centers, explosion of science and technology, along with the challenges of climate change, urbanization, energy security, traditional and non-traditional security. Developing green, sustainable tourism and developing smart cities are important pillars to realize the goal of green, sustainable and inclusive development. These two areas are both closely linked and open up many opportunities for substantive cooperation between localities and international partners.

Conference delegates

“That requires the cooperation of local communities as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stated: Cities and localities are the driving force of economic growth and innovation, the key to achieving the sustainable development goals and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development,” Ms. Le Thi Hong Van affirmed.

This conference focuses on two main topics: "Developing green and sustainable tourism" - sharing, exchanging experiences and solutions between agencies, businesses and experts on green tourism, especially sustainable tourism models, focusing on balanced development between economy and environmental protection; the topic "Developing smart cities" aims to share experiences, difficulties, introduce appropriate management and technology solutions in the fields of smart cities such as smart transportation, urban order management problems through cameras, planning problems with models, complete data digitization solutions, etc.

With the determination to move towards a future of cooperation, prosperity and sustainable development for the East Asia region, right after the opening ceremony, delegates focused on discussing difficulties and challenges; sharing experiences and development solutions on two main topics including "Developing green and sustainable tourism" and "Developing smart cities".

Delegates from countries attending the conference

Thematic session “Developing green and sustainable tourism” with two main topics: Health care tourism - unlocking potential, creating trends and Plastic reduction tourism contributing to realizing the Net Zero goal. This session will focus on exchanging experiences and solutions between agencies, businesses and experts on green tourism, especially health care tourism and plastic reduction; developing sustainable tourism models, focusing on balanced development between economy and environmental protection; proposing policies to promote initiatives to minimize the impact of tourism on the environment, towards the Net Zero goal.

Thematic session “Developing smart cities” with the theme: Smart management based on digital data, focuses on sharing experiences, difficulties, introducing appropriate management and technology solutions in the fields of smart cities such as smart transportation, smart healthcare, smart education, urban order management problems via cameras, planning problems with models, complete data digitization solutions...

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