Vietnamese Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and UK Commercial Secretary
to the Treasury James Sassoon discussed measures to boost cooperation
during their working session in London on Dec. 8
Hue highly valued cooperation and assistance from the UK Treasury,
which provided Vietnam nearly 10 million USD in non-refundable aid
to carry out a project to reform public finance management and other
projects in the financial field.
The minister said that
Vietnam expects to receive more assistance from the UK government and
the Treasury in finance, sharing experience in public debt management,
encouraging the flow of UK investment in Vietnam, providing technical
assistance for economic restructuring, and implementing the investment
model of public-private partnership (PPP).
Sassoon praised
Vietnam ’s efforts in overcoming economic difficulties as well as its
measures to improve policies and restructure the economy.
He also
pledged to continue stepping up close relations with Vietnam ,
accelerate the performance of signed projects and increase the exchange
of information and technical assistance in the coming time.
Earlier, Minister Hue also had a working session with Chief Executive of
the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Hellen Brand.
Minister Hue praised ACCA’s contributions to training
personnel for Vietnam ’s audit and accounting sectors. He also
expressed his wish to receive more assistance from ACCA in the years to
come.
Hellen Brand said cooperative relations between ACCA
and Vietnam are enjoying favourable conditions, adding that and ACCA is
ready to assist and share experience with Vietnam, particularly the
Finance Minister in the future./.