Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions forAmbassadors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mozambique and the Republic ofKorea (RoK) after receiving their letter of credentials on May 17.

Welcoming UAE Ambassador Obaid Al Dhaheri, President Quangexpressed his satisfaction with positive development in bilateral relations.The UAE is currently one of the leading trade, investment and labour partnersof Vietnam in the Middle East.

He affirmed Vietnam wants to intensify its collaborationwith the UAE, focusing on all-level delegation exchanges, mutual support atinternational forums and raising two-way trade to 10 billion USD in thefollowing years.

Vietnam encourages UAE investors to do business in Vietnam inthe fields of renewable energy, hotel-tourism, infrastructure, aviation-seaports, real estate and Halal food production, while hoping to gain access topreferential loans of the Abu Dhabi Development Fund, the President said.

He asked the new ambassador to support the two countries’enterprises and encourage more UAE projects in Vietnam.

Ambassador Obaid Al Dhaheri affirmed that Vietnam is theUAE’s important partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),adding that his duty is to further develop the bilateral ties, particularly ineconomics and trade.

He also said that the UAE appreciates the role of Vietnam atinternational forums.


Receiving Mozambican Ambassador Leonardo Pene, PresidentQuang wished him a successful working tenure to contribute to enhancingfriendship and multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and Mozambique.

He spoke highly of Mozambique’s support for and closecoordination with Vietnam at multilateral forums such as the United Nations,Non-aligned Movement and African Union.

He asked Mozambique to early confirm its backing forVietnam’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council for2020-2021.

Vietnam wants to intensify its cooperation with Mozambiquein the time ahead, especially in agriculture, transport, mining and education,he stressed.

For his part, Ambassador Pene stated that agriculture is oneof the fields that Mozambique wants to tighten cooperation with Vietnam.

He proposed organising a meeting of the Inter-GovernmentalCommittee in July, while sharing that Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi hopes topay a visit to Vietnam in 2019.


Meanwhile, at his reception for RoK Ambassador Kim Do-hyun,President Tran Dai Quang said he is delighted at strong development in thebilateral relations.

He noted that political trust and mutual understanding havebeen strengthened through regular visits and meetings between high-rankingleaders. The RoK remains the biggest investor and the second biggest ODA andtrade partner of Vietnam. The two sides also signed a framework credit agreementworth 1.5 billion USD for the 2016-2020 period.

He suggested both sides step up high-level delegationexchanges to consolidate political trust so as to facilitate cooperation inother fields.

The President asked the RoK side to create favourableconditions for Vietnam’s export of agricultural and aquatic products to reducetrade deficit, intensify experience sharing and technology transfer to Vietnamto help Vietnam join in the global production and supply chain.

He also proposed intensifying people-to-people diplomacy andsupporting each other’s citizens who are living and studying in the othercountry.

Ambassador Kim Do-hyun told the host that RoK President MoonJae-in had emphasised that the RoK-Vietnam strategic cooperative partnership isa role model for the RoK’s relations with other countries, and the RoKtreasures its economic, trade and investment cooperation with Vietnam.

The ambassador committed to promoting the image of Vietnamto attract more Korean investors to the country, particularly in computing andhigh technology.

He will help to intensify technology transfer, increase thecapacity of Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises, and simplify visaprocedures for Vietnamese citizens to facilitate the two peoples’ exchangeactivities.-VNA