(VOVworld) - Vice Secretary of Hanoi’s Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang led a delegation to Switzerland to strengthen ties with Swiss localities.

A corner of Bern (Source: timeout.com)

During the visit from July 25-27, the delegation had a working session with Luc Barthassat, Minister of Transport, Environment and Agriculture and Mauro Poggia, Minister of Social Affairs, Employment and Health, Geneva State, on Wednesday. Minister Barthassat introduced the guests to local projects on urban waste treatment and public transport projects, including the Trolleybus Optimisation Systeme Alimentation (TOSA) project. The TOSA project aims to launch a chargeable battery-powered bus system in Geneva in 2018. Each bus will  carry 120 passengers with less pollution and noise than normal buses. Minister Poggia highlighted the measures the locality has taken to address unemployment and health care for the elderly and dependent person.