Attending the Ceremony were Assoc.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Y - Party Committee member, Vice Rector of the Academy; MA. Bui Lam Giang - Head of Department of Organization - Administration - Governance; Dr. Le Bi Bo - Director of the Training Center for Professionalism and Foreign Languages; MA. Do Thi Ngoc Diem - Deputy Director of the Training Center for Professionalism and Foreign Languages; M.Sc Tran Chau Thanh Thien - Head of Information Technology Division, Department of Organization - Administration - Management; Mr. Vo Trong Nam - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports, Mr. Tra Duc Khang - Deputy Director in charge of the Exhibition Information Center; Mr. Truong Van Dong - Deputy Director of the Exhibition Information Center, and other representatives the Department's office.

On this occasion, the Editorial Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Cadre Academy website is honoured to introduce to readers some basic information about Ho Chi Minh City Development Learning Center (HDLC):

In the mid-1990s, the World Bank (WB) took the initiative to build a Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) and began supporting countries around the world to build member centers of this network (collectively referred to as the Center for Learning and Development). GDLN Network is the place where classes, professional training courses, international conferences and seminars in the spirit of sharing information, experience and knowledge take place. In 2004, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City requested the World Bank to sponsor this project for Ho Chi Minh City.

On June 26, 2007, HDLC officially opened and went into operation. The project was implemented in 2 years 2007 and 2008. From 2009, the WB handed HDLC over to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, who received and managed its operation and then assigned it to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture - Sports - Tourism, who is directly in charge of it.

HDLC has the function of organizing international and domestic classes, conferences, seminars, meetings, and discussions on topics of interest to many people and useful to Vietnam; of providing services related to organizing conferences and seminars at home and abroad; of connecting and cooperating with domestic and foreign training centers to organize courses for training and updating new knowledge on economics, management and technology. HDLC is also a focal point for sharing knowledge internationally through modern video conferencing facilities; for Integrating and disseminating information about Ho Chi Minh City's development and integration.

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Assoc.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Y - Party Committee member, Vice Rector of the Academy and Comrade Vo Trong Nam - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports

News and photos: Ngoc Thao