Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem on Sept. 12 wrapped up his official visit to the UK, where he reached agreements on boosting cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and UK political parties and on coordination for the British Prime Minister’s visit to Vietnam in 2011.
The UK visit by Deputy PM Khiem, who is also Foreign Minister, established a new framework for the two countries’ relationship – the strategic partnership – which lays an important foundation for Vietnam and the UK to step up their cooperation in a deep, all-sided, stable and sustainable manner in the future.
During his visit, started on Sept. 8, the Vietnamese official held talks with Foreign Secretary William Hague where they signed a joint declaration on the establishment of the two countries’ strategic partnership.
Deputy PM Khiem also met with Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Edward Davey, Acting Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, and Acting Lord Mayor of the City of London David Lewis .
He attended and opened a seminar promoting infrastructure investment in Vietnam held at the headquarters of the City of London and visited some leading economic groups.
At these meetings, the sides discussed main measures and orientations to push up their cooperation and at the same time talked about regional and international issues of mutual concern.
They reached a consensus on increasing the exchange of visits at all levels and coordinating in making and implementing action plans to soon activate the strategic partnership, especially in such areas of priority as economy, trade, investment, cooperation for development, education and training.
They vowed to achieve the targets of 4 billion USD in two-way trade and 3 billion USD in the UK ’s investment in Vietnam within or prior to 2013 and agreed to set up a deputy foreign ministerial strategic dialogue mechanism for bolstering the two countries’ cooperation and their coordination at international forums, particularly in the UN, ASEM, ASEAN-EU and WTO.
The UK officials spoke highly of Vietnam ’s socio-economic development achievements, especially the country’s high economic growth rate and socio-political stability in the context of the global economic crisis.
They noted that Vietnam has become a leading newly-emerging economy in the region with its position increasingly rising in the international arena, serving as an outstanding model among developing countries.
Deputy PM Khiem showed his pleasure at great developments in the two countries’ multi-dimensional cooperation in the recent time, especially in the fields of economy, trade, investment, education and training.
He thanked the UK Government and people for providing Vietnam with a remarkable amount of ODA. The UK is leading other EU countries in the supply of non-refundable aid for Vietnam and is the first EU country that has committed to granting ODA to Vietnam till 2016.
The UK leaders said they will prioritise their ODA for Vietnam in the fields of poverty reduction, healthcare, education and response to climate change.
The UN governmental and parliamentary officials as well as the political and business circles welcomed and spoke highly of the signing of the joint declaration on the establishment of Vietnam-UK Strategic Partnership, describing it an extremely important event marking a turning point in lifting the two countries’ cooperation to a new height both in the bilateral and multilateral frameworks./.
The UK visit by Deputy PM Khiem, who is also Foreign Minister, established a new framework for the two countries’ relationship – the strategic partnership – which lays an important foundation for Vietnam and the UK to step up their cooperation in a deep, all-sided, stable and sustainable manner in the future.
During his visit, started on Sept. 8, the Vietnamese official held talks with Foreign Secretary William Hague where they signed a joint declaration on the establishment of the two countries’ strategic partnership.
Deputy PM Khiem also met with Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Edward Davey, Acting Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, and Acting Lord Mayor of the City of London David Lewis .
He attended and opened a seminar promoting infrastructure investment in Vietnam held at the headquarters of the City of London and visited some leading economic groups.
At these meetings, the sides discussed main measures and orientations to push up their cooperation and at the same time talked about regional and international issues of mutual concern.
They reached a consensus on increasing the exchange of visits at all levels and coordinating in making and implementing action plans to soon activate the strategic partnership, especially in such areas of priority as economy, trade, investment, cooperation for development, education and training.
They vowed to achieve the targets of 4 billion USD in two-way trade and 3 billion USD in the UK ’s investment in Vietnam within or prior to 2013 and agreed to set up a deputy foreign ministerial strategic dialogue mechanism for bolstering the two countries’ cooperation and their coordination at international forums, particularly in the UN, ASEM, ASEAN-EU and WTO.
The UK officials spoke highly of Vietnam ’s socio-economic development achievements, especially the country’s high economic growth rate and socio-political stability in the context of the global economic crisis.
They noted that Vietnam has become a leading newly-emerging economy in the region with its position increasingly rising in the international arena, serving as an outstanding model among developing countries.
Deputy PM Khiem showed his pleasure at great developments in the two countries’ multi-dimensional cooperation in the recent time, especially in the fields of economy, trade, investment, education and training.
He thanked the UK Government and people for providing Vietnam with a remarkable amount of ODA. The UK is leading other EU countries in the supply of non-refundable aid for Vietnam and is the first EU country that has committed to granting ODA to Vietnam till 2016.
The UK leaders said they will prioritise their ODA for Vietnam in the fields of poverty reduction, healthcare, education and response to climate change.
The UN governmental and parliamentary officials as well as the political and business circles welcomed and spoke highly of the signing of the joint declaration on the establishment of Vietnam-UK Strategic Partnership, describing it an extremely important event marking a turning point in lifting the two countries’ cooperation to a new height both in the bilateral and multilateral frameworks./.
