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Canada backs Vietnam to fulfil its role as APEC 2017 host

Canada will support Vietnam in successfully organising the upcoming APEC event, said Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone.
Canada backs Vietnam to fulfil its role as APEC 2017 host ảnh 1Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) talks to Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Canada willsupport Vietnam in successfully organising the upcoming APEC event, saidCanadian Ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone.

The newly-appointed diplomat made thestatement at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister PhamBinh Minh in Hanoi on February 7.

She said Vietnam hosting a key cooperationforum of the Asia-Pacific region would open new opportunities for bothcountries to form regional and bilateral partnerships toward effectiveness andsustainability.

Kitnikone said strong growth ofsocio-economic cooperation between Vietnam and Canada in the past time would helpboost their comprehensive ties in the coming time.

Agreeing with his guest, Minh said he isdelighted with progress the two countries have made together in trade anddevelopment cooperation.

Hailing increasing Canadian funding, hesaid Vietnam is expecting additional support in climate change adaptation.

Minh noted that holding great collaborativepotential, Vietnam and Canada should make efforts to elevate relations to a newheight and work more closely at multilateral forums for international peace,stability and cooperation.

Two-way trade revenue between the twocountries grows between 20 and 25 percent on an annual basis, with the figurereaching nearly 5 billion USD recently.-VNA 
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