Vietnamese Ambassador to Romania Dang Tran Phong speaks at the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition on the countries' relations in Neamt county (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation led by VietnameseAmbassador to Romania Dang Tran Phong visited Neamt county, the capital ofRomania’s northeastern region, from October 14 to 17 to promote economiccooperation and cultural exchange between the two countries.
During the trip, part of activities marking 70years of bilateral diplomatic ties, Ambassador Phong had a working session onOctober 15 with Prefect of Neamt George Lazar, Vice President of the county’scouncil Laurentiu Dulama, and many other local officials to discuss theVietnam-Romania friendship and cooperation, along with plans on economicpartnership and cultural exchange between the two countries, including thetwinning of Neamt with Thai Nguyen province of Vietnam.
Phong also attended the opening ceremony of aphoto exhibition on the latest events in the countries’ relations and Vietnam’ssocio-economic achievements, landscapes, people and culture.
On this occasion, he also presented the libraryof Neamt with many books, including famous literature works like “Truyen Kieu”(Tale of Kieu) by Nguyen Du and “Nhat ky trong tu” (Prison Diary) by Ho ChiMinh translated into Romanian, love poems by Mihai Eminescu translated intoVietnamese, as well as books in English and audio visual products introducingthe land, people, and culture of Vietnam.
On October 16, the Vietnamese Embassy and theNeamt Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a roundtable workshop with theparticipation of over 20 businesses representing outstanding industries of thecounty like textile, wood, steel, chemical, fertiliser, agriculture, andtourism.
Participants looked into the Vietnam-Romaniatraditional friendship and cooperation, new prospects for economic, trade,investment, tourism and labour relations, and connections in manufacturing andselling products in each other’s markets and their respective regions after theEU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect.
Neamt businesses voiced their hope that they canvisit Vietnam to attend the Vietnam Expo 2020 and come to Thai Nguyen provinceto set up cooperative ties between the two localities and the countries’enterprises./.
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