President Tran Dai Quang (R) and Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (Source: VNA) The Vietnamese President spoke highly of the outcomes oftalks between his guest and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan,and important agreements reached during the visit.
The host asked both sides to continue working closelytogether at regional and global forums, and urged Bangladesh to supportVietnam’s bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations SecurityCouncil for the 2020-2021 tenure and UNESCO General Director for 2017-2022.
Chaudhury, who is on a Vietnam visit from July 20-24 at theinvitation of NA Chairwoman Ngan, affirmed that Bangladesh wishes to expand its traditional friendship andall-around cooperation with Vietnam, as well as support the Southeast Asiannation at regional and global forums and organisations.
Informing the host of the outcomes of her talks with theVietnamese top legislator, Chaudhury said both sides agreed to continuemaintaining the exchange of all-level visits between the two legislatures eachyear, with a view to sharing experience in law-building and supervising theimplementation of cooperation agreements.
The two leaders noted with pleasure the closerpolitical relations, as well as fruitful cooperation in economy, trade andother fields between the two nations, saying that these have significantlycontributed to promoting socio-economic development in each nation.
President Tran Dai Quang suggested the two sides continue maintaining theexchange of visits at all levels, effectively implement existing bilateralcooperation mechanisms, and take specific measures to realise the goal of 1billion USD in two-way trade.
He said Vietnam supports expanding bilateral links in chemicals, mechanicalengineering, food processing, textiles, communications and transport whileseeking possibilities to boost collaboration in security-defence,science-technology, education-training and culture.
Chaudhury said the two countries should father promote trade exchanges and createfavourable conditions for their enterprises to seek investment opportunities.
She revealed that her country established hundreds of economic zones andlaunched open-door policies, simplified administrative procedures, and investedmore in infrastructure development to attract more investment.
She called on Vietnam to pour cash into Bangladesh, and hoped it will serve as agateway for his country’s products to make inroads into other ASEAN membernations.
Both host and guest agreed that Vietnam and Bangladesh need to step upcooperation, share experience and support each other in adapting to climatechange, which causes negative impacts in both nations.-VNA
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