PM discusses cooperation with Malaysia
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the suggestion at a reception for
visiting Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Tan
Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on October 17 in Hanoi.
At the reception,
PM Dung highly valued the outcomes of the talks between the guest and
Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan, and held that his Vietnam visit will
further boost the two sides’ friendship and cooperation in all fields.
Vietnam attaches great importance to fostering cooperation with
Malaysia, he added, wanting the two sides to early sign a cooperation
agreement on food security and labour, and coordinate in Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
He suggests both sides step up cooperation in maintaining peace, stability, maritime security and safety in the East Sea.
The Malaysian guest affirmed that his country will work closely with
Vietnam in peacefully addressing disputes in the East Sea based on
international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea (UNCLOS), fully realising the Declaration on the Conduct of
Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and advancing towards the early
establishment of the Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (COC).
Muhyiddin Yassin said his visit aims to strengthen bilateral
cooperation, especially in the areas of education, training and
agriculture.
Specifically, the two sides have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on higher education and human
resources training with the view to bolstering exchanges in the field,
he noted.
Emphasising the cooperation potential between the two
countries, the guest wanted the Vietnamese Government to continue
creating favourable conditions for Malaysian businesses that make
long-term investments in the country as well as facilitating two-way
trade.-VNA