PM pledges to create optimal conditions for Belgian businesses
The Vietnamese Government supports and creates the best possible conditions for Belgian businesses and investors, including those from the Flanders region, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets with Minister-President of the Flanders region Geert Bourgeois in Hanoi on May 14 (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Governmentsupports and creates the best possible conditions for Belgian businesses andinvestors, including those from the Flandersregion, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.
He told visitingMinister-President of the Flanders region Geert Bourgeois in Hanoion May 14 that Vietnamese businesses want to cooperate with Belgian partners,and the Vietnamese Government encourages local people and enterprises toenhance business cooperation with firms from the EU, including Belgium,as the two sides hold substantial cooperation potential.
The number of 80Flanders businesses accompanying Minister-President Geert Bourgeois during his visitto Vietnamhas demonstrated their confidence in the country’s economic development, hesaid.
Vietnamattaches importance to economic and trade ties with the European Union (EU),and Belgium and the Flanders region in particular, the leader stressed.
He said that Vietnam highly values Belgium’srole in the EU as well as the country’s cooperation and support for Vietnam acrossfields, particularly in education, training, economy and trade.
Vietnam’ssigning of the free trade agreement with the EU aims to promote collaborationbetween the two sides, he said, expressing his belief that Belgium willencourage other EU member countries to soon approve the deal.
The PM told his guestthat Vietnam and Belgium areexpected to sign a strategic cooperation programme in the fields ofagriculture, fishery, husbandry and floriculture, among others.
For his part, Minister-PresidentGeert Bourgeois highlighted the long-standing relations between Vietnam andBelgium as well as the Flanders region, saying the working sessions between hisdelegation and Vietnamese ministries and agencies over the past days reapedfruitful outcomes.
The Minister-Presidentnoted his support for the approval of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement andheld that the pact would create a momentum for economic and trade links betweenVietnamand EU member countries.
The Flanders region exports 4.92 millionEUR (5.8 million USD) worth of goods to Vietnam but imports only 2 billionEUR from the market.
The reality shows that goods made in Belgiumand Vietnam,especially farm produce, are not competitive but supplementary, enabling thetwo countries to boost cooperation in trade and investment. -VNA
Vietnam- Belgium relations have flourished in many fields in recent years, notably economy. Among EU countries, Belgium is Vietnam’s biggest importer and 7th biggest exporter.
Belgian culture will be brought closer to Hanoians through the event “A Touch of Belgium” to be held by the Belgian Embassy at the Ly Thai To Statue Garden on May 12 to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The diplomatic sector has always upheld its role as one of the three key pillars in the cause of national construction and defence, taking the lead in implementing the motto of “using the invariables to cope with the variables" in asserting and safeguarding the sacred sovereignty of the nation.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung, on behalf of the Government and people of Vietnam, extended congratulations to the government and people of Singapore, highlighting Singapore as a source of aspiration for many nations, including Vietnam, and a model of innovation, and smart government building.
President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien highlighted the fruitful ties between the VFF Central Committee and the LFNC Central Committee for the effective implementation of the bilateral cooperaetion agreement and the tripartite memorandum of understanding among the fronts of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Busan will continue to work closely with Ho Chi Minh City and other Vietnamese localities to promote substantive collaboration in areas where the two sides boast complementary strengths, contributing to concretising the agreements reached by high-ranking leaders of both sides, said Busan Mayor Park Hyeong Joon.
Party General Secretary To Lam acknowledged the rapid progress of the Vietnam–RoK partnership in recent years, especially in economics, thanks to the support of both countries, their citizens, and business leaders like former Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in the RoK Park Soo Kwan.
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Hugh Jeffrey, Deputy Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Industry at the Australian Department of Defence, highly valued Vietnam's increasingly active role in peacekeeping missions and expressed confidence in the growing, practical, and deeper cooperation between the two countries.
The visit marks the Vietnamese Party General Secretary’s first state visit to the RoK in his new role. The RoK’s invitation to him as the first “state guest” under its new administration signals the high priority it places on the relationship with Vietnam and its Party chief personally.
Party General Secretary To Lam suggested both sides effectively implement existing parliamentary cooperation agreements and strengthen exchanges between the two legislatures. He laid stress on the bridge-building role of friendship parliamentarian groups in each country.
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The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s media continued to provide extensive coverage on August 12 of the State visit to the country by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation from August 10-13.
Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies, underlined that the exchange of experience in building socio-economic development policies, refining institutions and policies, and particularly in SOE reform, is a practical and significant approach that contributes to maintaining stability and fostering development in both countries.
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Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh has highlighted the upcoming exhibition on national achievements on the occasion of the country's 80th National Day as an unprecedented, large-scale event with diverse content, urging all stakeholders to demonstrate the highest sense of responsibility to make it commensurate with 80 years of national construction and defence.
Chien reaffirmed Vietnam’s stance on the settlement of disputes through peaceful measures in accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), as well as full implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and early finalisation of a substantive, effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
PM Pham Minh Chinh expressed his hope that Japanese enterprises will continue standing side by side with Vietnam on the development path, thereby benefiting the two business communities, both countries, and their peoples.
The signing of the agreement is part of the efforts to concretise the joint statement issued during the visit to Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam in September last year.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets with Minister-President of the Flanders region Geert Bourgeois in Hanoi on May 14 (Source: VNA)
