PM meets Portuguese, Serbian ambassadors
VOV.VN - On November 10, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed the nation's desire to enhance economic and trade links while receiving Portuguese and Serbian ambassadors in Hanoi.
The Portuguese Ambassador to Thailand and Vietnam, the Prime Minister agreed on the need to boost bilateral cooperation in tourism, sports, culture, economics, and trade.
PM Phuc called on Vietnam and Portugal to seek more solutions for lifting their bilateral trade from nearly US$400 million in 2015 to US$ 500 million by 2020.
He also congratulated Portugal on former PM Antonio Guterres’s election as UN Secretary General for the five-year tenure, starting from January 1, 2017.
The Ambassador said Portugal supported the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement and will make further efforts for its signing and implementation.
To boost its cultural exchanges with Vietnam, Portugal wants to organise an exhibition on Portuguese arts and other activities in the country in the coming time, he added.
At a reception for the Serbian Ambassador to Vietnam and Indonesia, the Vietnamese government leader urged the two countries to boost economics and trade ties in the near future.
He suggested that both sides organize a Vietnam-Serbia Business Forum in Hanoi and HCM City to facilitate their enterprises and bolster bilateral cooperation.
The ambassador in turn pledged his best efforts to augment bilateral cooperation in economics, trade, investment and education, adding that he will help enhance connectivity between the two nations' enterprisesas numerous Serbian businesses are keen to look for investment opportunities in the Southeast Asian nation.