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PM witnesses signing of 26 cooperation deals between Vietnam, UK

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and witnessed a ceremony to sign 26 cooperation agreements between ministries, sectors and businesses of Vietnam and the United Kingdom (UK) on October 31 (London time) as part of his trip for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and a working visit to the UK.
PM witnesses signing of 26 cooperation deals between Vietnam, UK ảnh 1Signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries' enterprises (Photo: VNA)
London (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and witnesseda ceremony to sign 26 cooperation agreements between ministries,sectors and businesses of Vietnam and the United Kingdom (UK) on October 31(London time) as part of his trip for the 26th United Nations Climate ChangeConference of the Parties (COP26) and a working visit to the UK.

The agreements cover a wide range of fields from trade, agriculture, energy, education, training toenvironmental protection and sports.

The 26 agreements included a Letter of Intent to join the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition, an Agreement on Cooperation to develop an action planto strengthen linkages between the two countries’ higher education institutions,a Memorandum of Understanding on enhancing cooperation in education throughexchange of experiences and best strategic aspects, and a Cooperation Agreementto develop human resource training programmes for the Ministry of Planning andInvestment and support start-ups of Vietnam.

PM witnesses signing of 26 cooperation deals between Vietnam, UK ảnh 2Signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries' enterprises (Photo: VNA)
Notably, Vietjet Air and Rolls-Royce Group signed anagreement to provide engines and engine services for the wide-body fleet with atotal value of 400 million USD, SOVICO Group and Oxford University signed aMemorandum of Understanding to cooperate and finance investment in research andeducation development with a total value of 155 million GBP (212 million USD),and Affinity Investment Fund and HDBank reached a grant of 300 million USD for the programme on sustainable developmentand climate change combat.

The signed agreements, the total value of which amounts to billions of US dollars in variousfields, demonstrate the strongly developing Vietnam-UK relations./.

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