Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (R) meets with Mayor of San Francisco Edwin Lee (Photo: VNA)

Mr. Chung expressed his hope that San Francisco will serve as a bridge to promote two-way trade between Hanoi and other localities of the US.

He requested San Francisco shares its information on science and technology with Hanoi, saying that Vietnam’s capital city is taking steps to improve policies on trade and science-technology along with building a smart city and enhancing international cooperation and trade for mutual benefit.

While visiting Salt Lake City, Chung and Governor of Utah state Gary Herbert discussed orientations to boost bilateral cooperation.

He said Utah has advantages in agriculture, hi-tech industry, healthcare, and tertiary education and hoped that the state will share experience, transfer technology and cooperate with Hanoi in these fields.

Visiting the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), Chung thanked the church’s leaders and members for joining social welfare programmes in Vietnam and making homes available to poor people in Hanoi.

During his visit, Chung visited Silicon Valley, the “cradle” of the world’s leading hi-tech groups. He also paid a call to Utah’s Brigham Young University.

Earlier, the Hanoi delegation also held working sessions in Washington D.C, and the States of Virginia and Massachusetts.