Mayor Pencho Milkov participates in the official visit of President Rumen Radev to Singapore and Vietnam

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

A memorandum of friendship was signed between Ruse and the large Vietnamese city of Kang Thu

At the invitation of President Rumen Radev, Ruse Mayor Pencho Milkov participated in the official Bulgarian delegation, which is visiting Singapore and Vietnam.  It was also attended by the Ministers of Education - Prof. Galin Tsokov, Innovation and Growth - Prof. Rosen Karadimov, and Tourism - Evtim Miloshev, Mayor of Sofia Vasil Terziev and over 40 Bulgarian owners and managers of companies.

In Singapore, the delegation took part in a business forum organized by the Singapore Manufacturing Federation, the country's largest national organization that represents some 5,000 corporate members, including small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational companies. It visited the innovation center of Hyundai Motor Group and inspected the production line for electric vehicles.

The delegation met with Bulgarians living in Singapore, and Mayor Pencho Milkov had the opportunity to talk with  families who have resettled in the Asian country from Ruse.  With them, he discussed the development of the city in recent years, the efforts made by the administration to make Ruse a preferred place to live, and opportunities for more intensive relations with our region.

After Singapore, the official delegation also visited Vietnam.  In the capital Hanoi the delegates met with representatives of the community of Vietnamese citizens who studied and worked in Bulgaria and representatives of the Association for Friendship "Vietnam-Bulgaria." An official meeting of President Rumen Radev and the President of Vietnam Leong Kwon was held, a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Min Chin and Speaker of the National Assembly Chan Thanh Man. Bilateral cooperation documents were signed. A Memorandum on the development of friendly and cooperative relations between the Municipality of Ruse and the fourth largest city in Vietnam - Ken Thu was also signed. The document was signed by Mayor Pencho Milkov and the Chairman of the People's Assembly of Kang Thu, Chan Viet Chung. The city is the most significant center in the delta of the Mekong. Its population is more than 1.3 million people.

"For me as mayor it was extremely important to get concrete practical knowledge about the organization of processes in cities from the East. There, communities of hundreds of thousands and even millions of people live together, with a sense of community, and in the cities it is clean and the residents feel safe. This is achieved within the framework of a human life. It is important to create an easy and quick opportunity for direct communication of Ruses, our business and non-profit organizations with these societies," Pencho Milkov said. "My desire is to create in the coming years an intensive cultural, scientific and business exchange of organizations from the region of Ruse and the city of Kang Thi. By talking to representatives of societies that have made significant progress in a short time, I hope to learn valuable experience that will help us accelerate the development of our region”, said the mayor of Ruse.

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