The view was shared during a working session in Lisbon between Jaime Gama, speaker of the Portuguese parliament and Nguyen Duc Kien, vice chairman of the Vietnam National Assembly, who is on an visit to the European nation from September 17-19.

Mr Gama described Mr Kien’s visit as a landmark in the relations between the legislative bodies and people of Portugal and Vietnam. He briefed his guest on the Portuguese parliament’s operations and exchanged views on issues of the Vietnamese delegation’s concern.

Meanwhile, Mr Kien affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of befriending all countries across the world, including Portugal. He congratulated the European nation on its development achievements and said Vietnam and Portugal should be well prepared for signing cooperation agreements in investment, trade, tourism and science-technology.

He also informed his host that Vietnam has introduced appropriate solutions to weather the global financial storm and these solutions have begun to take effect.

Vietnam has achieved positive economic growth over the past 9 months and it aims to keep the rate at 5 percent by the end of the year, said Mr Kien.

During his stay, Mr Kien held working sessions with a number of professors, economic experts and law-makers and visited a shipyard in Lisbon.