PM’s Romania visit affirms Vietnam’s wish to promote bilateral ties: diplomat
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Romania from January 20-22 affirms Vietnam’s wish to continue promoting and deepening its traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with the European country, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Romania Do Duc Thanh.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Romania Do Duc Thanh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit toRomania from January 20-22 affirms Vietnam’s wish to continue promoting and deepeningits traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with the Europeancountry, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Romania Do Duc Thanh.
The visit at the beginning of a new year, made at an invitation of PM Ion-Marcel Ciolacu, will create a new driving force topromote cooperation between the two countries in many fields, the ambassador told theVietnam News Agency.
During his trip, Chinh will discuss with his counterpart andother leaders of Romania measures to boost bilateral cooperation, especiallyin fields deemed to have potential for collaboration, and step up the exchange of all-level delegations,effectively implement agreements reached at the 17th meeting of theinter-governmental committee on economic cooperation in Hanoi last November,and promote trade and investment partnership in agriculture, pharmaceuticals,production of medical equipment, and energy.
PM Chinh will attend the Vietnam-Romania Business Forum withhis Romanian counterpart, meet the business community, witness the signing ofcooperation documents, visit several economic establishments, schools and researchinstitutes, and meet some Romanian friends and the Vietnamese community there.
The ambassador said that over the past 74 years, political and diplomaticrelations between the two countries have been continuously enhanced through high-levelvisits of the two countries’ leaders, as well as recent high-level meetingsbetween Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis and PM Chinh on the occasionof attending the High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly in September2023, and the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit in December 2022.
Trade cooperation has developed remarkably in recent years,with two-way trade turnover increasing from 261 million USD in 2019 to 425million USD in 2022.
Romania is a traditional partner of Vietnam in Southeast Europe and agateway for Vietnam to penetrate the markets of EU countries and the Western Balkans.Romania is also one of the first countries to ratify both the EU-Vietnam FreeTrade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA),Thanh said.
He advised businesses from both countries to be wellprepared to take advantage of opportunities brought about by tariff reductionsaccording to the roadmap set out by EVFTA./.
Vietnam and Romania enjoy traditional friendship and cooperation with a rich history spanning 74 years (1950-2024). Bilateral relations are developing in all fields, including politics, diplomacy, economics, security and defence, culture, and education and training.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Romania Do Duc Thanh (Photo: VNA) 
