Prime Minister receives President of Belgian-Vietnamese Alliance
WVR/VNA - On December 15, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received President of the Belgian-Vietnamese Alliance (BVA) Andries Gryffroy as part of his official visit to Belgium.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives President of Belgian-Vietnamese Alliance Andries Gryffroy. (Photo: VNA) |
During the meeting, Prime Minister Chinh thanked BAV President Gryffroy and the BVA for their important contributions to Vietnam and the multifaceted friendship between Vietnam and Belgium in recent years.
Prime Minister Chinh said he hopes the BVA will continue to serve as a bridge boosting cooperation between Vietnam and Belgium and the European Union at large, suggesting the alliance call for investment and establishment of supply chains between Vietnam and Europe.
He called on the alliance to map out plans to promote economic, trade, investment and tourism cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, especially between their localities, universities, and research institutes.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister suggested BAV President Gryffroy, as First Vice President of the Belgian Senate, urge the Belgian Parliament to complete the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and support the European Commission (EC)'s removal of the "yellow card" warning for Vietnamese seafood, thus facilitating economic, trade and investment relations between the two sides on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
For his part, BAV President Gryffroy thanked the Vietnamese Prime Minister for paying attention to the alliance, saying that besides investment and business activities, the alliance is also interested in cultural and social aspects.
The BVA hopes that the Vietnamese Government will support Belgian enterprises to invest in developing cooling warehouses for farm produce in Vietnam, and cooperate with Vietnamese enterprises in logistics and construction, BAV President Gryffroy said.
