Deputy PM welcomes Taekyeung College President

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan received the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Taekyeung College President Yoo Jin Sun on April 24.

At the reception, Nhan expressed his delight at the constantly developing friendship and cooperation between the two nations across a variety of fields—politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, culture, and education.

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Vietnam supports President Yoo Jin Sun’s plan to open an international school for foreign children residing in Vietnam, Nhan said. He promised to direct the relevant ministries and sectors to facilitate the school’s earliest possible establishment.

Jin Sun said he hopes his college will effectively cooperate with Vietnamese universities and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to learn more about Vietnam’s specific needs for tertiary education in economics, trade, and services.

Taekyeung’s first major cooperative initiative will focus on training human resources for the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18), scheduled to take place in Vietnam in 2019, he said.

Czech Republic eyes cooperation with Cao Bang

Czech Ambassador to Vietnam Martin Klepotko said his country would like to cooperate with the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang in the fields of mining, food processing and green technology.

The diplomat made the statement at a working session with the province’s leaders on April 24, adding that the Czech Republic will seek investment opportunities to build processing plants in the province and then export products to the country.

Dam Van Eng, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said he hopes the two sides will have more cooperation programmes and projects, especially in transport, mining, clean water, environment, health care and pharmaceuticals industry.

Last year, Cao Bang province recorded GDP growth of 9.5 percent, achieved a per capita annual income of 15.2 million VND (735 USD) and reduced the rate of poor households by 4.6 percent.

Communist Party delegation pays a working visit to China

A Communist Party of Viet Nam delegation led by Ngo Van Du, member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, arrived in China on Tuesday for a working visit.

The visit was made at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

During the last two days, Du, who is also chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, had a working session with Wang Qishan, member of the Politburo Standing Central Committee Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

He also met with a delegation of the Chinese Communist Party led by Zhao Hongzhu, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The two sides informed each other about the current state of their countries and parties and discussed measures to strengthen their friendly and co-operative relations.

Both sides emphasised the importance of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Viet Nam and China and pledged to work together to strengthen the close ties between the two countries based on the general agreements reached by their high-ranking leaders.

Meeting celebrates Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic ties

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, in conjunction with the Vietnam-Netherlands Friendship and Cooperation Association, held a meeting in Hanoi on April 24 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Netherlands (April 9).

Addressing the event, the association’s President Dao Xuan Hoc said the bilateral diplomatic ties have seen a fine development, which is reflected through the exchange of high-ranking delegations and the signing of a strategic partnership agreement on climate change adaptation and water source management in 2010. The two countries are considering the establishment of a strategic partnership in agriculture and sea-based economy.

Last year, two-way trade reached 3.2 billion USD and the Netherlands is now one of the leading European countries in providing non-refundable aid to Vietnam in the areas of education, science-technology, water management, disaster prevention, environment and agriculture.

At the meeting, Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Joop Cheffers said that both the Netherlands and Vietnam are coastal nations, own an agricultural economy, and have to face challenges of climate change caused by rising sea level and natural disasters. These similarities are an advantage to develop the two countries’ relations towards equal cooperation, he added.

Both Hoc and Cheffers said they believe that with the favourable development momentum, as well as the achievements gained over the past 40 years and the joint efforts of the two countries’ Governments and people, the Vietnam-Netherlands friendship and comprehensive cooperation will surely reap new fruits, benefiting both sides and contribute to peace, stability, cooperation and development.

South Africa boosts cooperation with Vietnam

Diverse activities will be held by the South Embassy in Hanoi to mark the 19th anniversary of South Africa’s Liberation Day and the 20th anniversary of Vietnam-South Africa diplomatic ties (1993-2013).

The aim of celebrations is to promote development cooperation in both countries.

Vietnam and South Africa established diplomatic ties twenty years ago. Both countries experienced numerous hardships in the past struggles for national liberation and have been in the process of global economic integration.

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