Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong's official visit to Austria reflects the close relationship between Vietnam and Austria in the context that the two sides have regularly maintained the exchange of delegations at the highest level, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alfred Gerstl, President of the Austria-Vietnam Society (GÖV) told Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong and his wife left Hanoi on July 23 morning for visits to Austria, Italy and the Vatican at the invitations of President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Italy Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis.

It is necessary to further step up trade promotion activities and disseminate information to the business community about the benefits of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to take advantage of strengths of both Vietnam and Austria to further boost bilateral trade ties.

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong’s upcoming official visit to Austria will help tighten relations between the two countries, Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Hans-Peter Glanzer has said.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and Austria have high hopes on the upcoming visit to Vienna by State President Vo Van Thuong as it is the first high-level visit exchange held between the two countries over the past decade, says Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong will pay working visits to Austria, Italy, and the Vatican from July 23 to 28.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man expressed his delight at the development of Vietnam-Austria ties during a reception in Hanoi on April 18 for Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen cooperation with Austria, an important member state of the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in Hanoi on April 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects Austria to soon ratify the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and help remove a yellow card under the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations of the European Commission against Vietnamese seafood exports to the European Union.

VOV.VN - The Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-18 at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.