PM Chinh and his spouse begin visit to Saudi Arabia
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, arrived at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, starting their working trip to attend the 8th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) and working visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman.
Those welcoming PM Chinh, his wife, and the Vietnamese delegation at King Khalid Airport were officials from the Government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Vietnamese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dang Xuan Dung, Vietnamese embassy staff, and Vietnamese community representatives in Saudi Arabia.
PM Chinh's working visit to Saudi Arabia took place amid the two countries' diplomatic relations seeing positive development after 25 years since the initial establishment, with many substantive results being recorded.
The two sides have moved to intensify the exchange of high-level delegations and those from ministries and sectors. Most recently, in October, 2023, PM Chinh attended the ASEAN - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit and visited Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia.is currently Vietnam's third largest trading partner in the Middle East - North Africa region, with the nine-month bilateral trade turnover reaching US$2.21 billion.
As of September, Saudi Arabia ranked 79th out of 148 countries and territories investing in the Vietnamese market with eight projects totally capitalized at US$8.57 million. There are currently about 4,000 Vietnamese workers in Saudi Arabia employed across various fields.
During his working visit to Saudi Arabia, along with speaking at the eighth Future Investment Initiative (FII), PM Chinh is expected to hold talks with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, meet with Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II of Jordan, receive a number of leading Saudi ministers and businesses, and meet with Embassy staff and the Vietnamese community residing there.
With a firm foundation of friendship, many similarities, and the ability to complement and support each other in the process of economic restructuring whilst implementing long-term development goals, both sides are seeing plenty of opportunities for breakthrough development moving forward.
This working visit to Saudi Arabia is therefore expected to create new momentum for traditional co-operation areas between the two countries, make fresh breakthroughs to promote potential areas and, above all, firmly build political trust to pave the way for a new phase of ties between the two countries.
