Vice President meets with UK Minister of State
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan had a meeting with the UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire, in Seoul on February 26 on her working visit to the Republic of Korea.
During their talks, Doan expressed her hope that the UK, as one of the key members of the European Union (EU), will lobby the EU to recognise Vietnam as a market-based economy.
As the UK is also a key shareholder in the World Bank (WB), Doan hopes the UK will influence the bank to offer further development assistance loans to Vietnam.
She proposed that the UK continue to channel Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Vietnam from areas of the UK’s strength such as finance, petroleum-chemistry and science-technology.
Doan also expressed her wish that the UK will soon cooperate with Vietnam to build the UK-Vietnam University in central Danang city, and serve as an important bridge between the EU and ASEAN, in which Vietnam holds an important position.
Hugo Swire said he hopes the two sides will make all efforts to elevate the bilateral strategic partnership to a higher level, and propel bilateral cultural and economic cooperation in the near future.