President of the Vietnam - UK Network Warwick Morris (L) and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh at the meeting (Source: VNA) London (VNA) - The UK’s exit from the EuropeanUnion (Brexit) will not affect the special partnership between Vietnam and theUK, said Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion atthe Department for International Trade (DIT) of the UK.
Fairhead made the remark at anannual meeting of the Vietnam-UK Network at the House of Lords onJanuary 15 (local time), during which she called on British businesses andorganisations to promote cooperation with and investment in Vietnam.
The UK Government will support businesses, she said.
She recalled her visit to Vietnam in July 2018, saying that she was impressedby Vietnam’s strong economic development as well as Vietnamese people’shospitality.
In 2018, the UK and Vietnam signed a number of cooperation agreements in thefields of clean energy, smart city and infrastructure development, andeducation.
Fairhead said that the UK is interested in and learning to jointhe Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP) that Vietnam is one of its foundingmembers.
For his part, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanhaffirmed that the Vietnamese Government always opens doors and createsfavorable conditions for British enterprises to do business in Vietnam.
He briefed participants on Vietnam’s economic development achievements in 2018,and expressed his joy at the bilateral trade ties between the two countries,which has strongly grown in recent years.
On the occasion, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Tran Ngoc An presented theFriendship Medal to President of the Vietnam-UK Network Warwick Morris, who is formerBritish Ambassador to Vietnam, for his contributions to promoting friendship betweenthe two nations.
The Vietnam-UK Network rewarded two British medical charitable organisations fortheir contributions to the health sector in Vietnam. They are Facing the World,who has helped Vietnam train and improve ability of Vietnamese oral and maxillofacialsurgeons, and MSAVLC that has provided scientific and medical assistance for Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia.-VNA
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