Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held bilateral meetings with his Thai andSingaporean counterparts Yingluck Shinawatra and Lee Hsien Loong, andFilipino President Benigno S. Aquino III on the sidelines of the 22ndASEAN Summit in Brunei on April 24-25.
At themeeting with Yingluck, the two sides noted with pleasure their growingfriendship and all-around cooperation in politics, national securityand defence, economics, trade, investment and socio-culture over thepast time, especially since the Vietnam–Thailand Joint Cabinet convenedits second meeting on October 27, 2012.
Last year,two-way trade hit 9.67 billion USD. Thailand has invested in 300projects worth 6.12 billion USD in Vietnam.
Thetwo PMs agreed to assign relevant ministries and departments tocomplete the details of a strategic partnership between the two nationsto submit to both countries’ leaders.
Dung highlyvalued the Thai side’s invitation to Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong to visit the country this year. He accepted the invitation tovisit Thailand and attend the Joint Cabinet meeting later this year.
Regarding ASEAN cooperation, the two leadersagreed to focus efforts on fulfilling the Community establishment agendathis year, towards building the ASEAN Community by 2015.
PM Dung spoke highly of Thailand’s coordinator role in ASEAN–Chinaties. He affirmed that Vietnam is always willing to work withThailand to fulfil responsibilities in the 2012–2015 period, as wellas speed up ASEAN–China negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the EastSea (COC).
While greeting his Singaporeancounterpart, Dung hailed Singapore as Vietnam’s leading investmentpartner as it has invested in nearly 1,100 projects at a combinedcapital of 24 billion USD in Vietnam. In 2012, two-way trade betweenthe two countries hit 9.6 billion USD.
Dungpromised to deliver a speech at the Shangri La dialogue this May andwished to welcome the Singaporean PM’s visit to Vietnam in September,during which, the two countries are expected to issue a JointDeclaration on lifting bilateral ties to a strategic partnership, whichwill mark a new stage in the two countries’ ties.
The two leaders also agreed to organise activities to mark the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties this year.
They pledged that the two nations will work together at regional andglobal forums, especially within the framework of ASEAN and the UnitedNations.
Both sides shared the view that it isnecessary to maintain peace, stability, maritime security, safety andfreedom in the East Sea, settle disputes by peaceful means, respectinternational law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea, the ASEAN–China Joint Declaration on the occasion of the 10thanniversary of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the EastSea, and promptly formulate the COC.
Vietnamcommends ASEAN’s consensus on the COC’s basic contents as well as theDeclaration on Six-Point Principles in the East Sea made by ASEANForeign Ministers, Dung said.
At a meeting with theFilipino President, the two sides praised the development of theirbilateral ties in various fields. Two-way trade was nearly 3 billion USDlast year.
The Vietnamese leader suggested Aquinoworks with Filipino judicial agencies to promptly release 24 Vietnamesefishermen held by the Philippines.
Aquino promised to actively deal with the issue.
As to the East Sea issue, the two sides consented that ASEAN membernations and relevant sides should enhance efforts to maintain peace,stability and maritime security, peacefully settle disputes and complywith international law and the 1982 UNCLOS.-VNA
At themeeting with Yingluck, the two sides noted with pleasure their growingfriendship and all-around cooperation in politics, national securityand defence, economics, trade, investment and socio-culture over thepast time, especially since the Vietnam–Thailand Joint Cabinet convenedits second meeting on October 27, 2012.
Last year,two-way trade hit 9.67 billion USD. Thailand has invested in 300projects worth 6.12 billion USD in Vietnam.
Thetwo PMs agreed to assign relevant ministries and departments tocomplete the details of a strategic partnership between the two nationsto submit to both countries’ leaders.
Dung highlyvalued the Thai side’s invitation to Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong to visit the country this year. He accepted the invitation tovisit Thailand and attend the Joint Cabinet meeting later this year.
Regarding ASEAN cooperation, the two leadersagreed to focus efforts on fulfilling the Community establishment agendathis year, towards building the ASEAN Community by 2015.
PM Dung spoke highly of Thailand’s coordinator role in ASEAN–Chinaties. He affirmed that Vietnam is always willing to work withThailand to fulfil responsibilities in the 2012–2015 period, as wellas speed up ASEAN–China negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the EastSea (COC).
While greeting his Singaporeancounterpart, Dung hailed Singapore as Vietnam’s leading investmentpartner as it has invested in nearly 1,100 projects at a combinedcapital of 24 billion USD in Vietnam. In 2012, two-way trade betweenthe two countries hit 9.6 billion USD.
Dungpromised to deliver a speech at the Shangri La dialogue this May andwished to welcome the Singaporean PM’s visit to Vietnam in September,during which, the two countries are expected to issue a JointDeclaration on lifting bilateral ties to a strategic partnership, whichwill mark a new stage in the two countries’ ties.
The two leaders also agreed to organise activities to mark the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties this year.
They pledged that the two nations will work together at regional andglobal forums, especially within the framework of ASEAN and the UnitedNations.
Both sides shared the view that it isnecessary to maintain peace, stability, maritime security, safety andfreedom in the East Sea, settle disputes by peaceful means, respectinternational law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea, the ASEAN–China Joint Declaration on the occasion of the 10thanniversary of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the EastSea, and promptly formulate the COC.
Vietnamcommends ASEAN’s consensus on the COC’s basic contents as well as theDeclaration on Six-Point Principles in the East Sea made by ASEANForeign Ministers, Dung said.
At a meeting with theFilipino President, the two sides praised the development of theirbilateral ties in various fields. Two-way trade was nearly 3 billion USDlast year.
The Vietnamese leader suggested Aquinoworks with Filipino judicial agencies to promptly release 24 Vietnamesefishermen held by the Philippines.
Aquino promised to actively deal with the issue.
As to the East Sea issue, the two sides consented that ASEAN membernations and relevant sides should enhance efforts to maintain peace,stability and maritime security, peacefully settle disputes and complywith international law and the 1982 UNCLOS.-VNA
