Vietnam wants to boost cooperation with Bangladesh: Vice President
Vietnam is keen to develop friendship and cooperation with Bangladesh and the two countries can share experience in economic development, poverty reduction and gender equality promotion.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (L) and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) –🔴 Vietnam is keen todevelop friendship and cooperation with Bangladesh and the two countries canshare experience in economic development, poverty reduction and gender equalitypromotion.
VicePresident Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh made the statement at a meeting with BangladeshiPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the 2018 Global Summit ofWomen in Sydney, Australia, on April 27.
She congratulatedBangladesh on its remarkable achievements gained in 2017, especially therealisation of some millennium development goals of the United Nations onchildren and women.
The Vice President wished Bangladesh would reachits target of becoming an upper-middle income nation in 2021.
PM Sheikh Hasina said Vietnam is a source ofinspiration for Bangladesh in the fight for independence in the past and amodel of national building and economic development at present.
She recalled the good impression of her officialvisit to Vietnam in 2012.
The PM expressed her pleasure at the growingrelations between the two countries after their establishment of diplomaticties 45 years ago across politics-diplomacy, economy-trade-investment,agriculture and education.
There is plenty of room for expanding bilateralcooperation, she said, adding that she highly values the outcomes of theState-level visit to Bangladesh by President Tran Dai Quang in March this year.
The Bangladeshi PM agreed to increase meetingsamong high-ranking officials and promote people-to-people exchanges betweenBangladesh and Vietnam.
🦂 Vice President Thinh suggested Vietnam andBangladesh deploy specific measures to meet the set target of 2 billion USD intwo-way trade by 2020 and create favourable conditions for the two countries’business communities to share information and promote trade connectivity andmutual assistance in the fields of agriculture and seafood.
Sherecommended enhancing cooperation in education and tourism, and soon opening adirect air route between the two countries.
The two sides agreed to strengthen coordinationand mutual support at regional and international forums, including the UnitedNations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
♐ Bangladesh took note of Vietnam’s request forsupport of its candidacy to become a non-permanent member of the UN SecurityCouncil for the 2020-2021 tenure.-VNA
President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit to Bangladesh from March 4-6 is expected to blow a breath of air, bringing two-way trade to the higher level in the near future.
Vietnam-Bangladesh relations have witnessed great strides in all fields, from politics, trade, economy to culture and people-to-people exchanges, since the establishment of diplomatic ties 45 years ago (February 17, 1973), said Vietnamese Ambassador to Bangladesh Tran Van Khoa.
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali right after his arrival in the capital city of Dhaka on March 4 afternoon for a three-day State visit to the South Asian country.
Vietnam and Bangladesh have issued a joint statement, agreeing to work out ways and means to further expand and strengthen meaningful bilateral cooperation in all areas of mutual benefit.
President Tran Dai Quang has urged the business circles of Vietnam and Bangladesh to devise innovation ideas, thus creating new momentum for stronger trade and investment links between the two countries.
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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.
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Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Cuong highlighted ASEAN’s nearly six decades of development, during which the region transformed from division to harmony, from confrontation to cooperation, and from poverty to dynamic growth, becoming a global bright spot for regional cooperation.
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At their meeting, which took place in the Angolan capital of Luanda on August 7 as part of State President Luong Cuong’s ongoing state visit to the African nation, the two officials also agreed to make full use of existing cooperation mechanisms, particularly the Vietnam – Angola Intergovernmental Committee, and step up exchanges of delegations at all levels.
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Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (L) and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (Photo: VNA) 
