Vietnam underlines increasing important role of Indo-Pacific region
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung underlined the increasingly important role that the Indo-Pacific region is playing in promoting development cooperation and global economic connectivity, in his remarks at the inaugural session of the 2021 Indo-Pacific Business Summit, which was held virtually on July 6.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung underlined the increasingly important role that the Indo-Pacific region is playing in promoting development cooperation and global economic connectivity, in his remarks at the inaugural session of the 2021 Indo-Pacific Business Summit, which was held virtually on July 6.
The event was jointly organised by India’s Ministry of External Affairs and the Confederation of Indian Industry. Dung said that the region, which is home to major and most-dynamic economies of the world, is, however, facing traditional and non-traditional challenges such as climate change, terrorism and diseases, particularly the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. He added that it is an urgent need to pursue and build an Indo-Pacific region of peace, cooperation, freedom, openness and inclusion in order to bring equal development benefits to the majority of people and countries in the region. He asked regional countries to boost cooperation, share and ensure COVID-19 vaccine supply, maintain the supply chain and restructure the economy along an innovative and modern direction. The nations also need to push ahead with digital connection and e-commerce, expand entry into each other’s market, and bolster maritime connectivity and trade facilitation. Speaking highly of the role and position of India in the order of the region and the world, along with the country’s contributions to enhancing economic connectivity, upgrading infrastructure and raising people’s living conditions, Dung expressed his belief that with strengths across multiple spheres, India will serve as one of the locomotives which help developing economies repel the pandemic and recover. He took the occasion to underline Vietnam’s extensive and inclusive international integration policy and accomplishments of the country in renewal and building the economy based on science-technology, innovation and digital transformation. The official also spoke highly of the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership, calling on both countries to foster cooperation in information-technology, digital economy and supply chain diversification, and seek deeper participation in the global supply chain, thereby benefiting people in their countries and the region./.
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State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
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The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
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The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that the emulation and commendation work is a vital driver, fostering patriotism, dedication, and collective momentum in the run-up to the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress, Party congresses at all levels, and the 14th National Party Congress.
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung (Photo: VNA) 
