Hue wishes to learn the Danish model of Copenhagen’s bicycle city

On the morning of June 7, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Development Research Institute in collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam organized the event “Cycling – The Story of a Green Road” and opened the exhibition “Copenhagen – City worth living – Bike City“.

Danish Ambassador to Vietnam- Mr. Kim Højlund Christensen, Permanent Deputy Secretary of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee Phan Ngoc Tho and Vice Chairman of Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee Hoang Hai Minh and many people rode bicycles to respond to the event. to sue.

According to the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue province, over the years, the province has implemented many activities to encourage people and tourists to use bicycles to move around in Hue city in order to gradually build a bicycle-friendly city. environment.

In the coming time, infrastructure projects for bicycles along the banks of the Perfume River will be continued by the province to serve the needs of residents and visitors. For successful implementation, Thua Thien Hue wishes to learn from bicycle city models of countries around the world, especially Copenhagen, Denmark’s bicycle city.

The introduction of bicycles into traffic activities and as a means of transport will be one of the ways to promote Hue to become a city of a civilized and happy tourist city with green, clean and safe criteria. Safe, environmentally friendly and smart.

Speaking at the event, Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Kim Højlund Christensen said that this event is part of a series of campaigns aimed at spreading cycling culture in cities and towns in Vietnam.

The images at the exhibition illustrate the efforts of the Danish city of Copenhagen over the past 20 years to make it the most livable and cyclist-friendly city in the world. world. Mr. Kim Højlund Christensen hopes that Hue city will soon realize its goal of becoming a bike city.