Canada highly values Vietnam's role in Southeast Asia: Ambassador
WVR - On May 22, at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in France, Ambassador Trinh Duc Hai met with Ambassador and Head of the Canadian Delegation to the OECD Jean-François Tremblay to discuss Vietnam-OECD cooperation and the implementation direction of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Program (SEARP).
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| Vietnamese Ambassador to France Trinh Duc Hai meets with Ambassador and Head of the Canadian Delegation to the OECD Jean-François Tremblay. (Source: Vietnamese Embassy in France) |
During the meeting, Canadian Ambassador Jean-François Tremblay praised Vietnam's socio-economic development achievements, considering Vietnam as one of the most dynamic economies in the region. He also acknowledged Vietnam's increasing role, position, and reputation in ASEAN and on the international stage.
The Canadian Ambassador particularly appreciated Vietnam's active and substantive participation within the SEARP framework, especially during Vietnam's tenure as Co-Chair of the Program for the 2022-2025 period.
As the current Co-Chair of SEARP alongside the Philippines, Canada expressed its desire for Vietnam to continue sharing coordination experiences, priorities, and cooperation directions in the coming time to enhance the Program's effectiveness, ensuring alignment with the priorities and interests of countries in the region.
For his part, Ambassador Trinh Duc Hai appreciated Canada's active coordination role in SEARP, affirming that Vietnam considers the OECD an important partner in the process of institutional reform, governance capacity enhancement, and international integration.
The Ambassador shared Vietnam's priorities and interests in promoting cooperation on ensuring economic security, enhancing supply chain resilience, energy security, digital trade, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and mobilizing green finance for energy transition.
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| Scene of the reception. (Source: Vietnamese Embassy in France) |
Both sides affirmed that Vietnam and Canada share many common interests, concerns, and visions in promoting multilateralism, sustainable development, respecting international law, and enhancing coordination to address global challenges.
Ambassador Trinh Duc Hai affirmed that Vietnam will continue to actively coordinate with Canada, the Philippines, and other member countries and partners of SEARP to promote the SEARP Program to become more substantive and effective, better addressing emerging challenges in the Southeast Asian region, thereby strengthening the connection and cooperation between ASEAN and the OECD.
