On Sunday, the Da Nang Party Committee Secretary Truong Quang Nghia played host to Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina and his spouse Ancelly Simina.

Micronesian Speaker Simina (left) and Secretary Nghia

Secretary Nghia highlighted the significance of the visit made by the Micronesian guests in fostering the bilateral relations with Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole.

The city leader remarked that his city was focusing on promoting the development of such aspects as education and training, hi-tech, tourism, and infrastructure. Top priority was given to implementing many tourism promotion programmes in a bid to attract more visitors to the city.

The host hoped that Da Nang and Micronesia would share experience in maritime tourism, eco-tourism, and catching and processing seafood thanks to their similarities in geographical position with long coastline.

In reply, Micronesian Speaker Simina said that the purpose of his visit was to learn about the city’s experience in tourism promotion in attempt to make Micronesia more inviting to visitors.

He took the opportunity to invite the city’s leaders to visit Micronesian islands in the coming time.

The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in the North Pacific Ocean. It covers around 702km² of land, and has a population of 104,937 (2016). Its total exclusive economic zone area is 2,978,000km².

Micronesia has great potential for the development of maritime economy, seafood catching and processing, tourism, and agriculture.

Viet Nam and Micronesia established diplomatic relations on 22 September 2015.