President hosts new ambassadors of El Salvador, India, RoK
Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan
Phuc hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on October 26 for Ambassadors of El
Salvador, India and the Republic of Korea who presented their credentials.
Receiving Ruben Omar Orozco
Burgos from El Salvador, President Phuc affirmed that Vietnam treasures and wants
to strengthen ties with countries in Latin America and El Salvador in
particular.
He suggested the ambassador facilitate high-level
visits and those at ministry and local levels to raise mutual understanding; enhance cooperation and
support at international organisations and multilateral forums to protect
legitimate interests of the two countries.
The President thanked the El Salvador
Government for supporting Vietnam’s fulfilment of its role as non-permanent
member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure and its run
for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 tenure.
He also hoped the Latin American country will
back Vietnam’s candidacy for World Heritage Committee membership for the
2023-2027 tenure.
The diplomat said the embassy in
Vietnam is the first set up by El Salvador in Southeast Asia, showing closer ties between the two
nations.
During his tenure, he wished to boost bilateral
trade and investment ties, adding that El Salvador is interested in cooperation
with Vietnam in education, culture, sci-tech and climate change.
Meeting Indian Ambassador Sandeep
Arya, Phuc affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring the friendship and
comprehensive strategic partnership with India. He proposed promoting
high-level visits in the near future.
Expressing his delight at two-way trade which
rose by 18% annually to 10.2 billion USD in the eight months of this year, he asked
the diplomat to continue reinforcing trade and investment bonds, including
further opening the Indian market for Vietnamese farm produce, and inviting Indian
investors to pour capital into Vietnam in manufacturing and
processing, information and communication technology, energy, hi-tech
agriculture; innovation and infrastructure, especially joint oil and gas
exploration and exploitation.
The host sought India’s continued assistance in
preservation and upgrade of Cham tower complexes in My Son in Quang Nam and Phu Yen and in launching more direct flights between the two countries’ major cities.
As national defence-security remains a
strategic pillar in bilateral cooperation, he suggested the ambassador continue
pushing forward ties in this field.
Vietnam always supports India’s run for permanent membership of
the UN Security Council when the body is expanded as well as its “Act East”
policy, he said.
Arya, for his part, vowed to do his best to
cultivate bilateral relations during his tenure. As this year marks the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, he wished the two countries’ relevant
agencies would hold practical celebration activities.
Congratulating Oh Youngju on being the first
female RoK Ambassador to Vietnam, Phuc proposed both sides continue making the
most of the Vietnam-RoK Free Trade Agreement to lift two-way trade to 100 billion
USD by 2023 and 150 billion USD by 2030 in a more balanced manner.
Vietnam encourages Korean firms to expand
investment and stays ready to serve as a bridge linking the RoK with ASEAN, the
host said.
He suggested the RoK continue considering
Vietnam a strategic partner in terms of official development assistance (ODA) supply.
As COVID-19 has been put under control, more
flights should be resumed to recover tourism, thus creating the best
conditions for citizens to contribute to the two countries’ socio-economic
development, he said.
The leader wished during the tenure, the ambassador would visit and
hold working sessions with Vietnamese localities to understand more about local culture and people, thereby fostering locality-to-locality
cooperation.
Ambassador Oh wished Vietnam would back the RoK’s
hosting of World Expo 2023 in Busan.
She promised to do her utmost to elevate bilateral
ties to a greater height, thus meeting aspirations of the two countries’
leaders and people./.