Department of Construction meets with a delegation of former German experts
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of October 1, the Department of Construction met with a delegation of former German experts who supported the reconstruction of Vinh City after the war. Attending the meeting were comrade Vo Viet Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee.
After the war, many of Vinh city's infrastructures were severely damaged. With the help of Germany, Vinh city was quickly rebuilt. At that time, 214 German officials and experts directly came to help develop architecture, construction, mechanical construction and training of human resources for the construction industry. Also during this time, Germany invested in building 25 factories and enterprises producing construction materials in Vinh. This is a solid foundation for Vinh city to develop as it is today.
On this occasion, leaders of the construction industry and Vinh city expressed their gratitude for the generous support of Germany and experts in the past and hoped to receive more attention in the future.
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Mr. Peter Li Bo, former head of Vinh construction expert delegation, spoke at the meeting. |
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Leaders of the Department of Construction presented souvenirs to experts. |
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Peter Li Bo - Former Head of the delegation of experts expressed his joy at the development of Vinh city today. After the war, Vinh city was a ruin, desolate. After more than 40 years of returning to Nghe An, returning to Vinh city, the German experts are proud and admire the development, maturity and vitality like today. The German experts affirmed that in that development, there is a great contribution of Nghe An construction industry and wished the construction industry to continue to develop, contributing to building Nghe An province and Vinh city to be more and more prosperous. Wishing the friendship between the two countries to develop more and more.
Tran Minh - Provincial Radio and Television Station