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Upturn has been seen in exports of footwear to EU (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ’s visits to Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium are expected to open up new opportunities for Vietnam to foster partnership with the three European countries, according to experts. Vietnam set up the diplomatic relations with those countries in 1973. Data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs showed that trade between Vietnam and Luxembourg rose 60% over a year earlier to more than 181.5 million USD in 2021. As of October, Vietnam’s exports to the country topped 101 million USD, up 50% year on year, while imports were 50.1 million USD, a rise of 11%. Vietnam mostly exported garment and footwear products to Luxembourg, while importing fibre and chemicals from the country. Although Luxembourg is a small country with a population of nearly 500,000, it is the financial centre of Europe, which is a good source of soft loans for developing … [Read more...] about PM’s visits to open new cooperation chances with European countries

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation touched down at Findel International Airport on the morning of December 9 (local time), starting an official visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the invitation of Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrive at Findel International Airport, beginning an official visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Those welcoming Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage at the airport, included Luxembourg Ambassador to Vietnam Patrick Hammer; Chief of Protocol of the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Olivier Baldauff, Vietnamese Ambassador to Luxembourg Nguyen Van Thao alongside embassy staff and Vietnamese expatriates in the host nation. During the visit, PM Pham Minh Chinh will hold talks with his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel, meet with the President of the Parliament of … [Read more...] about PM Pham Minh Chinh begins official visit to Luxembourg

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh leaves Hanoi for Europe trip (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation left Hanoi early December 9 on a trip to attend a summit commemorating the 45th anniversary of the ASEAN-EU relations and pay official visits to Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium from December 9 to 16. The tour will be made at the invitation of President of the European Council Charles Michel, PM of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, PM of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, and PM of Belgium Alexander De Croo. The PM’s trip bears important significance as it is a move to implement the foreign policy outlined by the 13th National Party Congress and directives of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on continuing to promote external relations, international integration and economic diplomacy. It also demonstrates Vietnam’s proactivity in making responsible contributions to ASEAN and the international community in the … [Read more...] about Prime Minister leaves for ASEAN-EU commemorative summit, visit to three European countries

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam speaks at the forum ( Photo: SGGP) The 4th national forum on the development of Vietnamese digital enterprises in 2022 this morning in Hanoi takes place in the context that ministries, sectors, businesses, and localities are promoting strong digital transformation. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended and directed the forum with the presence of leaders of many ministries, sectors, localities, and especially hundreds of experts, reputable domestic and foreign technology enterprises as well as innovative start-ups in the field of technology in Vietnam. At the forum, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, organizing an annual digital technology forum is needed because the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee has recently held an online conference with the participation of more than one million party members. Deputy Prime Minister Dam said that he was assigned to orient the national master plan to 2045. The Deputy Prime Minister said that to make … [Read more...] about Deputy PM suggests changes to have one million IT workers

Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nguyen Van Thao (L) and EC President Ursula von der Leyen (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to attend the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit and visit Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium from December 9  to 15 is expected to promote and lift the Vietnam-EU cooperation to a new height, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nguyen Van Thao. two-way trade between Vietnam and the EU has still increased. Therefore, the EU is looking forward to further promoting trade cooperation with Vietnam in order to address the disruption of the global supply chain in recent times. As part of the trip, PM Chinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to attend a summit commemorating the 45th anniversary of the ASEAN-EU relations in Brussels on December 14./. VNA … [Read more...] about PM’s trip to elevate Vietnam – EU to new height: diplomat

Chinh began the one-week trip, from December 9 to 15, per the invitations from President of the European Council Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, and Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo. He will attend a summit to commemorate 45 years of the ASEAN-EU relations in Brussels on December 14. Vietnam established diplomatic relations with the three aforementioned countries in 1973. Belgium is a strategic partner for Vietnam regarding agriculture, and is the sixth largest export market for Vietnam in Europe. Bilateral trade turnover between the two countries reached $4.3 billion in 2021, a 54% increase from 2020. Right after establishing diplomatic relations, the Netherlands began aiding Vietnam with non-refundable ODAs, mostly in humanitarian, education and healthcare fields. Bilateral trade between the two countries reached $8.37 billion in 2021, a 10% increase from 2020. Vietnam and Luxembourg's … [Read more...] about PM Pham Minh Chinh begins official visit to Europe

The two leaders expressed their pleasure that the two sides issued a statement upgrading their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership during the state visit to the RoK by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. They discussed orientations for cooperation within the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership in the coming time in all fields, while emphasizing determination to deepen the Vietnam – RoK cooperative relations, for the benefit of the two peoples, contributing to regional cooperation and development. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed that with the two sides’ upgrading their ties, bilateral cooperation fields will become more substantive and diverse in the coming time. He suggested the two governments’ leaders instruct relevant ministries and sectors to enhance close coordination, improve effectiveness and expand cooperation scale. PM Han Duck Soo said the RoK … [Read more...] about President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets RoK PM Han Duck Soo

Congratulating Laos on the 47th National Day (December 2), PM Pham Minh Chinh said the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos are unique in the world, asking the two sides to continue educating younger generations on the relations, which are a priceless asset of both peoples. He also called on the two countries to coordinate with each other to develop independent and self-reliant economies that extensively, substantively, and effectively integrate into the world. Saleumxay Kommasith, who is in Vietnam to co-chair a conference disseminating policies and laws to exemplary leaders of villages in the countries’ border areas, thanked the Vietnamese Party, State, and people for consistently supporting and standing side by side with their Lao counterparts. He said the dissemination conference, held in Nghe An province from December 5 to 7, would help further step up cooperation between border localities of Vietnam and Laos, … [Read more...] about Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Lao Deputy PM, Foreign Minister

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ’s trip to attend the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit and visit Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium from December 9 to 15 will extend a message of a strongly recovering Vietnam which is ready to cooperate with other countries to build a peaceful and stable environment, and uphold the role of multilateralism. It is also expected to help Vietnam effectively take advantage of important resources from the European Union and member countries for its post-pandemic socio-economic recovery and development. The Government leader’s tour demonstrates Vietnam’s activeness in and responsible contributions to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as the international community, particularly in the context that the region and the world are facing unpredictable challenges and complicated developments. The week-long trip is hoped to help intensify and consolidate Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about PM’s Europe trip spreads message about strongly recovering Vietnam

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (L) and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The freshly-ended trip to Australia and New Zealand by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue helped strengthen cooperation between the legislative bodies of Vietnam and the two countries, contributing to promoting bilateral partnership in various fields as well as coordination at regional and international parliamentary forums, said Chairman of the NA Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha . Ha said that during the top legislator’s visit to Australia, the two sides discussed various issues in the bilateral strategic partnership, from politics, diplomacy to defence, security, trade, investment, education-training, tourism and people-to-people exchange. Particularly, the Vietnamese NA leader underlined that labour cooperation is a priority of Vietnam, stressing that Vietnam is willing to send holiday workers to Australia. Alongside, the two sides also agreed to … [Read more...] about NA leader’s trip to Australia, New Zealand yield fruits: Official