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Vietnamese and Turkish officials take a photo together (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Turkish Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Faruk Özlü has suggested Vietnam and his country enhance economic, trade and technology cooperation. Özlü made the suggestion during a recent meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung and deputy head of the National Assembly's Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung, who were on a working visit to Turkey to learn about building free economic zones and concentrated industrial parks (IPs). The Turkish official spent time introducing his Vietnamese guests to Turkey’s mechanisms for managing more than 300 concentrated IPs, coordination among the state, localities and enterprises in the work, and preferential policies for domestic and foreign firms to invest in IPs. He said he joined Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yilidirim’s  official visit to Vietnam in 2017 and met … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Turkey urged to expand economic cooperation

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha (R) and his Czech counterpart Richard Brabec (Photo: VNA) Prague (VNA) – Vietnam and the Czech Republic will enhance environmental collaboration under an action plan for cooperation during 2020-2025 signed between Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and his Czech counterpart Richard Brabec in Prague on December 13. At the event, the two ministers spoke highly of the unceasingly consolidated traditional friendship between the two nations, describing it as a foundation for the environment ministries and sectors of both sides to boost cooperation in this field. Ha highlighted that the signing of the action plan, implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two ministries in 2012 and the Vietnam-Czech environmental business forum will serve as a base for competent authorities of both sides to concretise cooperative activities in environment, climate change and technology … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Czech Republic step up environmental cooperation

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister visited Vietnam on June 13-14 at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry of Vietnam to attend the ninth Vietnam-Russia Strategic Dialogue on Diplomacy-Defense-Security and Political Consultation at the deputy-foreign-ministerial level, which aimed to roll out the cooperation plan between the two foreign ministries for the 2017-2018 period. At the reception on June 13 in Hanoi, Mr. Minh suggested that the two sides boost their discussions on regional and global issues for better coordination and wished Russia to further cooperate with ASEAN and actively contribute to maintaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister I. Morgulov. Photo: baoquocte.vn  Minh also showed his pleasure at fine developments in relations between the two countries and hoped the two foreign ministries would continue boosting cooperation in all fields to be … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Russia reinforce strategic partnership

New Zealand’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Trevor Mallard presented a gift to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at their meeting in Auckland on March 13. (Photo: VNA) Auckland (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with New Zealand’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Trevor Mallard on March 13 during which both leaders agreed that the two countries’ legislations should maintain traditional cooperation and close coordination at international and regional parliamentary forums. PM Phuc and Speaker Mallard expressed their delight at the development of Vietnam – New Zealand relations in recent years, notably the two-way trade which is likely to hit 1.7–2 billion USD in 2020. They agreed to soon upgrade the bilateral ties to the level of Strategic Partnership and held that the two nations must step up practical and specific measures to boost cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, tourism, aviation connectivity and … [Read more...] about PM Phuc meets New Zealand Speaker of House of Representatives

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament Liviu Dragnea (Photo: VNA) Bucharest (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Liviu Dragnea, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament, in Bucharest on April 16 as part of his official visit to the European country. At the meeting, the two sides lauded the sound development of the traditional friendship and all-round cooperation between the two countries over the years. They agreed that the impressive development achievements in each country alongside the shared strengths between the two sides have laid a firm foundation for them to continue boosting their ties in the time ahead, especially between the two parliaments. PM Phuc thanked the parliament, government, and people of Romania for their warm welcome, affirming that Vietnam always attaches great attention to its partnership with Romania and lauding the contributions of … [Read more...] about PM meets head of Romania’s Chamber of Deputies