Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh on Friday presided over a retreat of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries (AMM Retreat), with the participation of the foreign ministers and the bloc’s Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi.
Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình had talks with Vice President and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland Guy Parmelin in Geneva on Monday.
Ambassador of Vietnam Pham Hoang Kim has stressed the need for frequent exchange of delegations for enhancing trade volume between the two countries.
Maintaining exports would be critical for the cement industry amid rising production output and anticipated sluggish domestic sales this year.
Vietnam has a special position and plays a key role in promoting peace and stability within ASEAN, has said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a working luncheon of the UN Security Council.
The strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan has been developing strongly in recent years with Japan currently Vietnam’s largest ODA provider and the second largest foreign investor, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue at the Vietnam-Japan trade and investment promotion conference in the central city of Da Nang on January 13.
The first 11 months of 2019 saw a large amount of capital injected into various textile, dyeing, and fiber projects across the nation, according to information released by the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas).
The Vietnam - Laos parliamentary collaboration, which has been unceasingly developed, helps boost the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations, Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has said.
The first-round meeting of the joint working group on Vietnam-Cambodia border gates was held in Hanoi on January 9. The Vietnamese delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Border Committee Le Hoai Trung, while the Cambodian side was led by Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior Sok Phal.
Vietnam is developing an e-government and cyber security, hence the country wants to cooperate with Japan – a reliable partner – in these fields, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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