National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) and Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Pereric Hogberg (Source: VNA)During a reception for Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Pereric Hogberg in Hanoion February 17, the top legislator highlighted the fruitful development of the traditionalfriendship and cooperation between the two countries.
She thanked the country forits valuable assistance to Vietnam, especially helping Vietnam fosterinternational integration and connect with international financial and monetaryinstitutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
NA Chairwoman Ngan applauded the Swedish Government’s activities to encourageand support Swedish enterprises’ investment and business in Vietnam, affirmingthat Sweden is one of Vietnam’s important trade partners in Europe and theNorthwest Europe.
She also appreciated Sweden for its provision of non-refundable aid for Vietnam,focusing on the fields of health care, economic and administrative reform,institutional building, law-building, human resources development,environmental protection and climate change response.
Lauding Sweden’s proposal to establish bilateral strategic partnerships ineducation-training and biotechnology, she urged the ambassador to work closelywith Vietnam’s ministries, sectors and partners to realise the initiative.
The Vietnamese State and NAwill create favourable conditions for the diplomat to complete his duties, Nganstated, expressing her hope that the ambassador will do his best to promote therelations between the two countries as well as their legislative bodies.
For his part, Pereric Hogberg concurred with the host’s suggestion on hasteningthe EU to approve and sign a free trade agreement with Vietnam in 2017 and recognisethe country’s market economy.
He believed that the trade deal will also contribute to boosting Vietnam-EUeconomic links and those between the two nations in the coming time.
Earlier the same day, the NAChairwoman received Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Ory Csaba. She suggested thetwo sides enhance the exchange of all-level visits to share experience inlegislative activities and discuss international and regional issues of commonconcern.
Vietnam always remembersvaluable and effective assistance provided by Hungary’s State and people for itsnational defence and construction, she said.
The host spoke highly of the two Governments’ efforts in accelerating thecompletion of procedures for the signing of a framework agreement on creditcooperation between the two sides in January this year.
She believed that the two countries’ ministries and sectors will reach aconsensus on the list of projects using preferential credits worth 440 millionEUR pledged by Hungary in the framework of the agreement.
Ory Csaba said his country iswilling to share lawmaking experience with Vietnam, thus further bolstering cooperationbetween the two countries’ legislatures.
The two sides underlined the significance of a Hungarian-funded oncologyhospital project in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, which helps better thelocality’s health care system and promote training in the field.
The ambassador said his country wishes to develop relations with Vietnam,including expanding cooperation and establishing twining ties among the twocountries’ localities in the coming time.-VNA
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