PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets overseas Vietnamese in Romania
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage had a meeting with representatives from the Vietnamese community in Romania and the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Bucharest on April 14.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) meets with overseas Vietnamese in Romania (Photo: VNA)
Bucharest, (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage hada meeting with representatives from the Vietnamese community in Romania and the staff of the Vietnamese Embassyin Bucharest onApril 14 as part of his official visit to the European country.
The overseas 🌞Vietnamese present atthe meeting expressed their joy at the recent socio-economic development in the home country, and proposed that the VietnameseGovernment bolster cultural exchanges with Romania, and crated🍒 favourableconditions in terms of legal framework for economic and cultural cooperationbetween the two countries.
They reported that the Vietnamesecommunity in Romanianumbers about 500, and the community show strong solidarity and mutual supportin their daily life and integration into the host society. PM Phuc affirmed that overseasVietnamese, including those in Romania,are an integral part and an important resource of Vietnam. He informed that theVietnamese Government has implemented many programmes to help the OVs preservetheir cultural characteristics including the mother tongue, and called on thecommunity to continue support their homeland in national construction anddefence. The PM said he plans to hold talkswith his Romanian counterpart and meet with several Romanian leaders, duringwhich he will ask Romania,in the capacity as the rotary chair of the EU in the first six months of 2019,to advocate the early signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EV FTA).
PM Phuc is makingan official visit to Romaniaat the invitation of Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila.-VNA
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Romanian Minister for Business Environment, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship Stefan Radu Oprea in Hanoi on October 23.
The Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of Romania’s National Day (December 1, 1918 – 2018) in Hanoi on November 25.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations held a ceremony in the city on December 1 to mark the 100th Great Union Day of Romania, manifesting the solidarity and friendship between the peoples of the city and Romania.
The official visit to Romania by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will reiterate Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy of treasuring deepening the traditional friendship and cooperation with the European country in a more practical and efficient manner, Ambassador of Vietnam to Romania Dang Tran Phong has said.
The long-standing friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Romania are set to be further intensified through the official visit to the European nation from April 14 to 16 by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) meets with overseas Vietnamese in Romania (Photo: VNA) 
