Minister Son said hehopes Ambassador Steil continues contributing to the development of the Vietnam– Canada Comprehensive Partnership, especially in the context that the twocountries are looking towards the 5th anniversary of the comprehensivepartnership (2017-2022) and the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties (1973-2023).
The FM asked for the ambassador’scoordination to promote high-level visits and delegation exchanges between thetwo countries and bilateral cooperation in important and priority areas such aspost-pandemic economic recovery and growth, infrastructure construction,energy, response to climate change, green and sustainable development, humanresources training, as well as enhance ASEAN-Canada relations.
Ambassador Steil, forhis part, spoke highly of good outcomes of the Vietnam-Canada ComprehensivePartnership in recent times, saying Canada regards Vietnam as one of itsimportant partners in the region.
He affirmed that hewill work closely with Vietnamese ministries, sectors and agencies, especiallythe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to strengthen cooperation in all areas betweenthe two countries as well in regional and international matters./.