Vietnam values ties with Romania
VOV.VN - Vietnam treasures the ties of friendship and cooperation with traditional friends, including Romania, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at July 12 talks with his counterpart Dacian Ciolos in Hanoi.
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Vietnam is Romania’s important partner in Southeast Asia, and expressed a desire to boost economic and trade links to full tap potential, the Romanian PM told his host.
At the talks, the two PMs consented to fully realize the Vietnam-Romania Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation mechanism, boost two-way trade, and encourage investment in infrastructure, energy, food processing, pharmaceuticals, environmental protection, water resources management and tourism.
They pledged to step up cooperation education and training, science and technology and defence and security.
The Vietnamese government leader thanked the Romanian government for doubling scholarships for Vietnamese students to 20 each year as from 2017, as well as Romanian authorities for helping Vietnamese nationals settle down their lives in the host country.
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As an active member of the European Union (EU), Romania backs the strengthening of the relationship between Vietnam and the EU, and calls on the EU to recognize Vietnam as a full market economy soon, said Dacian Ciolos.
On the East Sea issue, they expressed concern over the recent developments and underlined the need to settle disputes by peaceful means in line with international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UCLOS) and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), toward the early formulation of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea in order to ensure peace, stability, security, maritime and aviation safety and freedom, and trade in the East Sea.
After the talks, the two leaders hosted a press briefing and witnessed the signing of some cooperation deals on culture, education and energy.
On the occasion, the Romanian government leader invited PM Phuc to visit Romania in the coming time.