(VOVworld) - Ho Chi Minh City and Germany’s Leipzig city established friendly cooperative ties on April 10. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan and Mayor of Leipzig Burkhard Jung at their meeting in HCM City.

The two cities will work together in heath care, environment technology and energy, sustainable urban development, science, education, socio-culture and sports. They will also back cooperative initiatives between their public institutions, agencies and organizations.