The Centre region and the Val de Loire Mission accompanied a delegation from the town of Blois, led by Nicolas Perruchot, member of the French National Assembly and Mayor of Blois, from 22 to 28 October 2007, to develop a technical framework for its cooperation with Huê (Vietnam).
The main areas of cooperation to be developed are:
- Lighting the Southern Gate of the imperial city
- Furthering the cultural ties between the cities
- A French-Vietnamese university education workshop on
landscape engineering
- A co-development project on river port sites with a focus
on eco-tourism
- The strengthening of rules to protect the approaches to the
tombs of the Valley of the Kings (
the
section of the Perfume River listed as a UNESCO World Heritage
site)
During the mission, the mayors of Blois and Huê opened
an exhibition of photographs of the town of Blois, presented as
part of the Annual General Meeting of the AIMF (
International
Association of Francophone Mayors), meeting in plenary session
to discuss the following topics: "Good local governance and
international finance" and "Cities, heritage and local
development". The delegation's participation in these discussions
helped to strengthen the solidarity in respect of development
between these two royal towns, both of which are listed as UNESCO
World Heritage sites.