HCMC - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda during on Monday's meeting in Tokyo agreed to implement key measures to deepen the strategic partnership between the two nations. Both sides expressed their delight at new development steps in the partnership. They stressed the importance of maintaining regular exchange of high-ranking delegations, particularly of promoting performance of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee for realizing strategic ties. "The Vietnamese government always considers Japan as one of its top economic partners and commits to creating favorable conditions for Japanese investors to do business in Vietnam," Dung was quoted by the government portal chinhphu.vn as saying. Dung appraised Japan's cooperation in developing and realizing Vietnam's industrialization strategy and action plan towards 2020 and insisted a committee responsible for this area is set up. He also suggested the Japanese government to develop two … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Japan to deepen strategic partnership
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Promoting Vietnam-France strategic partnership
Over the past year, a variety of events marked the new development of Vietnam-France relations, such as the eighth Conference on Vietnam-France cooperation, the French Week in Hanoi and the re-opening of the France-Vietnam Economic Cooperation Council. In recent years, the Vietnam-France cooperation has seen significant improvements in various fields which have captured the attention of leaders from both countries. In 2010 alone, many cooperation activities were launched in 2010. Following is an interview given by Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Le Kinh Tai to a Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) correspondent about the relations between Vietnam and France in 2010. Reporter: 2010 saw instability in economy, finance, politics and social affairs in France. However, this had no great impact on France’s cooperative relations as well as its policy toward Vietnam. What is your assessment of the relations between the two countries? Mr Tai: The cooperation between Vietnam and France … [Read more...] about Promoting Vietnam-France strategic partnership
Lifting Franco-Vietnam ties to strategic partnership
France and Vietnam are committed to upgrading their bilateral ties of cooperation to strategic partnership in the future. France is one of Vietnam's leading partners. The two countries have agreed on 2013 as an exchange year to mark the 40 th anniversary of their diplomatic relationship. Duong Chi Dung has been appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to France as well as to Portugal, the Principality of Monaco, Andora, and the Central African Republic. The VOV correspondents based in Paris interviewed Ambassador Dung in this connection. VOV: How do you assess the Vietnam-France relations? During the official visit to the French Republic in June 2005 by the then General Secretary of the Party Nong Duc Manh, the two countries agreed that the framework for bilateral relations was based on 'traditional friendship, and comprehensive, long and reliable cooperation in the 21 st century'. Since then, the Franco-Vietnam ties have continued to develop in politics, economics, trade, … [Read more...] about Lifting Franco-Vietnam ties to strategic partnership
Vietnam, UK reinforce strategic partnership
Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) hosts the UK official. Photo: VGP Earlier the same day, Mr. Mark Field andVietnamese Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son co-chaired the sixthVietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue with the participation of senior officials fromthe UK Ministry of Defense and National Crime Agency as well as representativesfrom Vietnamese Ministries of National Defense, Public Security, and Agricultureand Rural Development. In an open atmosphere and on thebasis of mutual respect and understanding, the two sides discussed orientationsand concrete measures to bolster the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership in a moreintensive, practical and effective manner, particularly in politics-diplomacy,trade-investment, education-training, science-technology and security-defense,in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 45th anniversary ofbilateral diplomatic ties (1973-2018). They also exchanged ideas aboutregional and international issues of … [Read more...] about Vietnam, UK reinforce strategic partnership
Vietnam, UK forge strategic partnership
Minh called on the UK Government to encourage British businesses to step up their investment and business in Vietnam, closely coordinate with the Vietnamese side to raise the efficiency of the use of capital sourced from the UK Commonwealth Foundation and create favourable conditions for the country to access the fund. He also suggested the UK Government continue coordination with its Vietnamese counterpart in building a long-term development pathway for the Vietnam-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education and make it easier for the entry and residence of Vietnamese students in the country. For his part, Mark Field highly valued achievements Vietnam has recorded in socio-economic development as well as in international integration in general and trade liberalisation in particular. He affirmed that the UK Government will prioritise deepening the strategic partnership across fields in the time ahead. Earlier the same day, Mark Field and Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Vietnam, UK forge strategic partnership