Within the framework of his working visit to the Russian Federation, on May 23, Mr. Tran Quoc Cuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee held a courtesy greeting with the Governor of Saint Pertersburg City.
Here, Governor Alexander Dmitrievic highly appreciated the cooperative relationship between Saint Pertersburg city and Dien Bien province in recent times. The results achieved in cooperation between the two localities have opened up new development opportunities in tourism, trade, education and training... contributing to strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship between the Russian Federation and Vietnam.
The Secretary of Dien Bien and the Governor of Saint Pertersburg City agreed to continue implementing cooperation activities in a number of areas, such as: Information Technology, education and training, tourism, museums, etc.

In the coming time, the city of Saint Pertersburg will send students, teachers, and veterans to visit Dien Bien province and vice versa; coordinate research and construction of an Information Technology Application Center to deploy digital transformation, apply science and technology in the fields of transportation and environment towards building a green, environmentally friendly city. At the same time, training students, especially young talents, some applications of information technology in the fields of AI, Robot design, Drone...
On the same day, Mr. Tran Quoc Cuong attended the ecosystem meeting of major cities, within the framework of the 11th Neva International Environmental Forum.
Here, the Secretary of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee gave a speech on the topic "reducing carbon emissions and developing environmentally friendly transportation". Mr. Tran Quoc Cuong affirmed that in the coming time, Dien Bien province will continue to innovate, apply technology, industrial production processes, agriculture, use innovative equipment...
At the same time, use equipment to minimize CO2e emissions; strengthen good control of CO2e emission sources from industrial, transportation, people's activities, construction, and agriculture; develop organic agriculture, smart agriculture and focus on forest development.
In addition, developing electricity from clean energy sources, renewable energy such as wind power, solar power, hydropower; researching and piloting energy-saving and renewable energy solutions for public works, buildings, urban lighting systems, roads, traffic signs, industrial production facilities, etc.