A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Construction Bui Xuan Dung attended the ASEAN - China Ministerial Round Table on Construction and Housing 2024 (ACMROCH) held in Malaysia from July 3 to 5.
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Malaysian Prime Minister took a photo with Asean and Chinese Ministers at the Opening Ceremony of the Asean-China Ministerial Roundtable on Housing and Construction.
The theme of this year's Conference is "Building a Sustainable Future: Strengthening ASEAN-China Cooperation on Housing and Urban Development for Shared Prosperity".
On behalf of the delegation of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, Deputy Minister Bui Xuan Dung presented a presentation titled "Developing climate-resilience through practical local actions".
Deputy Minister Bui Xuan Dung said that, the Vietnamese Government has proactively approached and integrated missions and solutions to build a climate-resilient urban area system.
Although Vietnam has achieved several positive results in urban development associated with economic growth goals and better living quality, response to global crisis, improvement of urban area planning, building and management, and construction of smart and livable cities, thereby promoting high-quality urban development. The urbanization has shown shortcomings such as incomplete policy and legal system; incomplete database on climate change; and limited resources for climate change response, said Deputy Minister Bui Xuan Dung.
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Deputy Minister Bui Xuan Dung (5th from right to left) leads the Ministry of Construction delegation to attend the ASEAN - China Construction Ministers' Roundtable on Construction and Housing in 2024 (ACMROCH).
He also expressed the necessity to maintain relations and cooperation between regional urban areas and countries, as well as share practical experience to overcome challenges together.
He highlighted the need of "sharing" and "connectivity", saying that “sharing” and “connectivity” will help ASEAN member states and China develop their close partnership in construction, improve the role of housing and urban-rural development in sustainable development, thus enhancing living quality and ensuring peace, security, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
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The delegation of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam worked with Mr. Datuk Azman - Permanent Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government of Malaysia.
Within the framework of the working program, the delegation of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam had a working session with Mr. Datuk Azman - Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government of Malaysia and discussed with construction businesses in Malaysia to understand urban, housing and technical infrastructure management and development.