Philippines considers Vietnam a reliable partner: VP Sara Duterte
VOV.VN - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on November 24 thanked Vietnam for supplying rice to the Philippines to help ensure national food security, noting Vietnam is a reliable partner for the Philippines.
Receiving Vuong Dinh Hue, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam in Manila, Duderte congratulated Vietnam on many impressive achievements it has recorded in post-COVID-19 recovery and socio-economic development, becoming an economic hub in the region.
The VP, who is also head of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas CMD), said that her party wishes to strengthen relations with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and that she supports continued cooperation between the two countries’ localities.
Both host and guest expressed their delight at the positive development of trade relations between the two countries over the past time, saying the initial 10 months of 2022 saw bilateral trade reach US$6.6 billion, nearly equal to the total turnover in 2021. They held that the two sides still have a lot of room for cooperation in fields such as investment, culture, education, and agriculture.
Hue for his part affirmed that the National Assembly of Vietnam always supports investment and business facilitation of Filipino businesses in Vietnam. He requested that the Vice President continue to support and create maximum conditions for economic- trade - investment relations between the two countries.
The two sides agreed to increase bilateral cooperation in education-training and human resources development in the fields of the Philippines’ strength, including English teaching, electronic assembly, accounting, and auditing.
On this occasion, National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue conveyed the Vietnamese leaders’ invitation to Vice President Sara Duterte to visit Vietnam soon.
