Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil. (Photo: VNA)At a reception for visiting Minister-President ofLower Saxony Stephan Weil in Hanoi on October 2, PM Chinh affirmed thatGermany is Vietnam’s leading economic partner in the European Union (EU) andample room remains for the two countries to enhance their collaboration in manyspheres.
The host leader expressed his hope for a moreintensive strategic partnership with Germany in general and Lower Saxony inparticular.
He used this occasion to thank the German governmentand people for their support to Vietnam during its past struggle for nationalindependence, and the present cause of national construction and development,and for their solidarity during the fight against COVID-19, helping Vietnamcontrol the pandemic and reopen its doors.
The PM emphasised that trade between Vietnam and LowerSaxony was valued at 1.4 billion EUR (1.46 billion USD) last year, equivalentto one-tenth of the trade revenue between the two countries.
The two sides should foster cooperation in politics anddiplomacy, trade-investment, climate change response, vocational training, andpeople-to-people exchange, he suggested.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil. (Photo: VNA)The Vietnamese government, ministries, agencies andlocalities always back and stand ready to create favourable conditions forforeign investors, including those from Germany, to operate in the country, hestressed.
In reply, Weil, who is accompanied byrepresentatives of more than 40 businesses from Lower Saxony, congratulatedVietnam on its achievements in socio-economic development and foreign affairs,noting the authorities and business community of the state highly value cooperation potential between the two sides and wish to establish partnershipswith Vietnamese ministries, agencies, localities and enterprises.
He shared PM Chinh’s views on priority cooperationareas, especially trade-investment, climate change response, renewable energy, thetraining of skilled workers, and tourism.
The official pledged to make efforts to promote theVietnam-Germany strategic partnership in a more practical and effective way./.
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