Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung (R) and Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Lyashenko at the meeting on September 24 (Photo: chinhphu.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the HanoiPeople’s Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung met with visiting Belarusian Deputy PrimeMinister Igor Lyashenko on September 24, affirming that the Vietnamese capitalpledges favourable conditions for cooperation with the European nation.
Deputy PM Lyashenko said with a long-standingfriendship with Belarus, Vietnam is also an important Asian partner and aleading gateway for his country to enter ASEAN markets.
In the recent past, agencies at all levels andbusinesses of the two countries have organised regular delegation exchanges toshare experience and boost cooperation for common development.
Meanwhile, bilateral trade has grown considerablyover the past year but yet to match its potential, he noted.
Lyashenko added his working visit this time aimsto consolidate the time-tested friendship and work towards new-stylepartnerships, including the formation of production joint ventures to meet bothsides’ demand such as in truck manufacturing and assembly in Vietnam.
Welcoming the Deputy PM’s visit, Hunghighlighted that bilateral relations have obtained many achievements, butpotential hasn’t been fully tapped into.
Basing on the connections with Minsk capital,Hanoi will expand ties with other Belarusian localities which have strengths inmanufacturing industries, especially truck making, he said.
As Hanoi is focusing on infrastructuredevelopment, the import and production of transportation machinery andequipment plays a crucial role, the Vice Chairman said, adding with theexisting cooperation in transferring machinery and equipment manufacturingtechnologies, the two sides will expand their ties to many other spheres.
The host official expressed his belief that theBelarusian Deputy PM’s visit will help promote the country’s concrete andpractical collaboration with Hanoi in the time to come./.
VNA
