PM Pham Minh Chinh receives Minister-President of German Lower Saxony state
WVR/VNA - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highlighted potential for cooperation between Vietnam and Germany and its Lower Saxony state, and suggested the two sides step up cooperation in different areas.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Minister-President of German Lower Saxony state Stephan Weil. (Photo: VNA) |
On October 2, in Hanoi, at a reception for visiting Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil, Prime Minister Chinh affirmed that Germany is Vietnam’s leading economic partner in the European Union (EU) and ample room remains for the two countries to enhance their collaboration in many spheres.
The host leader expressed his hope for a more intensive strategic partnership with Germany in general and Lower Saxony in particular.
He used this occasion to thank the German Government and people for their support to Vietnam during its past struggle for national independence, and the present cause of national construction and development, and for their solidarity during the fight against COVID-19, helping Vietnam control the pandemic and reopen its doors.
The Prime Minister emphasised that trade between Vietnam and Lower Saxony was valued at 1.4 billion EUR (1.46 billion USD) last year, equivalent to one-tenth of the trade revenue between the two countries.
The two sides should foster cooperation in politics and diplomacy, trade-investment, climate change response, vocational training, and people-to-people exchange, he suggested.
Prime Minister Chinh also called on the German state’s authorities to encourage local businesses to invest in Vietnam in the areas where both sides have strengths and demand like high-tech, digital transformation, and climate change response, while supporting the German parliament to soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and urging the European Commission (EC) to remove its “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood.
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| PM Pham Minh Chinh receives Minister-President of German Lower Saxony state: Overview of the meeting. (Photo: VNA) |
The Vietnamese Government, ministries, agencies and localities always back and stand ready to create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Germany, to operate in the country, he stressed.
In reply, Minister Weil, who is accompanied by representatives of more than 40 businesses from Lower Saxony, congratulated Vietnam 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 partnerships with Vietnamese ministries, agencies, localities and enterprises.
He shared Prime Minister Chinh’s views on priority cooperation areas, especially trade-investment, climate change response, renewable energy, the training of skilled workers, and tourism.
The Minister-President pledged to make efforts to promote the Vietnam-Germany strategic partnership in a more practical and effective way.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
