Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to the European Union fromOctober 13-18 was covered by a series of articles in the European press.
Belgian online newspaper NewEurope ran an exclusive interview with thePM on October 14, conveying the government leader’s ambition to boostits comprehensive partnership with the EU.
He highlighted theimportance of Vietnam’s bilateral ties with the EU in a number offields, including politics, economics and trade, development cooperationand cooperation to address global issues.
“Vietnam–EUrelations are entering a phase of maturity and ready to take off to anew height with greater substance and efficiency,” the PM said, addingthat “the official signing of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement(PCA) and initiation of negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)in June 2012 represent a vigorous and substantial growth in Vietnam–EUrelations.”
He spoke of the country’s ongoing efforts torestructure State-owned enterprises (SOEs), saying that it constituted acrucial part of the overall economic restructuring process associatedwith a transformation of the growth model towards enhanced productivity,efficiency and competitiveness in 2013-2020.
“In the comingyears, the equitisation and reform of SOEs will be carried out toincrease transparency and uphold market rules parallel with thepromotion of capital markets,” he said.
Accordingly, Vietnam willfacilitate foreign and domestic investors to buy shares, he said,adding that Vietnam would apply measures to attract foreign investmentby creating a level playing field for all economic actors and improvelegislations on foreign investment.
Regarding territorialsovereignty, PM Dung affirmed that Vietnam was persistently protectingnational sovereignty and the legitimate interests of Vietnam in the EastSea in accordance with international law.
“Yet, we are alwayssincere to attach importance to and wish to enhance the friendlyneighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with China,” he said.
High-level leaders of the two countries agreed to resume andstrengthen bilateral ties in different fields, control and manage theirdifferences, and resolve disputes in the East Sea peacefully and inaccordance with international laws, he said.
During theinterview, the PM clarified questions on the partial removal of the USarms embargo and the impacts of constructing large-scale hydropowerplants on the Mekong River.
Other newspapers, such as “Le Soir”and “La Libre”, ran stories with photographs on the new Belgiangovernment’s first reception for a foreign head of state, Nguyen TanDung.
The press featured photographs of PM Charles Michel, aswell as a TV bulletin on the website RTL showing the public’s reactionto the talks between the two PMs.
Website 7/7 focused on the two cooperation documents signed at the end of their talks.
Justlike the media in Belgium, newspapers in Germany, the seconddestination on the PM’s EU tour, focussed on the visit, particularly onthe finalisation of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement.
The dealwould provide large opportunities for EU businesses to quickly accessthe Vietnamese market, as well as others in the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) region, a Dusseldorf newspaper wrote.
Others,such as DW and the website finanztreff.de, stated that German firmshave the chance to invest in and cooperate with Vietnam.
Over the past decade, bilateral trade between the EU and Vietnam rose to 26 billion EUR from 5 billion EUR.
Vietnam’s export value to Germany tripled its 1.85 billion EUR imports to 5.57 billion EUR.-VNA
Belgian online newspaper NewEurope ran an exclusive interview with thePM on October 14, conveying the government leader’s ambition to boostits comprehensive partnership with the EU.
He highlighted theimportance of Vietnam’s bilateral ties with the EU in a number offields, including politics, economics and trade, development cooperationand cooperation to address global issues.
“Vietnam–EUrelations are entering a phase of maturity and ready to take off to anew height with greater substance and efficiency,” the PM said, addingthat “the official signing of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement(PCA) and initiation of negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)in June 2012 represent a vigorous and substantial growth in Vietnam–EUrelations.”
He spoke of the country’s ongoing efforts torestructure State-owned enterprises (SOEs), saying that it constituted acrucial part of the overall economic restructuring process associatedwith a transformation of the growth model towards enhanced productivity,efficiency and competitiveness in 2013-2020.
“In the comingyears, the equitisation and reform of SOEs will be carried out toincrease transparency and uphold market rules parallel with thepromotion of capital markets,” he said.
Accordingly, Vietnam willfacilitate foreign and domestic investors to buy shares, he said,adding that Vietnam would apply measures to attract foreign investmentby creating a level playing field for all economic actors and improvelegislations on foreign investment.
Regarding territorialsovereignty, PM Dung affirmed that Vietnam was persistently protectingnational sovereignty and the legitimate interests of Vietnam in the EastSea in accordance with international law.
“Yet, we are alwayssincere to attach importance to and wish to enhance the friendlyneighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with China,” he said.
High-level leaders of the two countries agreed to resume andstrengthen bilateral ties in different fields, control and manage theirdifferences, and resolve disputes in the East Sea peacefully and inaccordance with international laws, he said.
During theinterview, the PM clarified questions on the partial removal of the USarms embargo and the impacts of constructing large-scale hydropowerplants on the Mekong River.
Other newspapers, such as “Le Soir”and “La Libre”, ran stories with photographs on the new Belgiangovernment’s first reception for a foreign head of state, Nguyen TanDung.
The press featured photographs of PM Charles Michel, aswell as a TV bulletin on the website RTL showing the public’s reactionto the talks between the two PMs.
Website 7/7 focused on the two cooperation documents signed at the end of their talks.
Justlike the media in Belgium, newspapers in Germany, the seconddestination on the PM’s EU tour, focussed on the visit, particularly onthe finalisation of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement.
The dealwould provide large opportunities for EU businesses to quickly accessthe Vietnamese market, as well as others in the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) region, a Dusseldorf newspaper wrote.
Others,such as DW and the website finanztreff.de, stated that German firmshave the chance to invest in and cooperate with Vietnam.
Over the past decade, bilateral trade between the EU and Vietnam rose to 26 billion EUR from 5 billion EUR.
Vietnam’s export value to Germany tripled its 1.85 billion EUR imports to 5.57 billion EUR.-VNA
