President Vo Van Thuong meets with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei in San Francisco on November 16 (Photo: VNA) The two sides shared delight at the growth of therelations between Vietnam and Brunei since the establishment of diplomatic relations 30 years ago and a comprehensivepartnership in 2019.
President Thuong held that there is plenty of room for thetwo countries to further deepen their partnership. He proposedthat the two sides work closely together to implement the Action Programme torealise the bilateral comprehensive partnership in the 2023-2027 period withfour prioritised areas – oil and gas, chemicals, Halal product manufacturingand tourism and people-to-people exchange.
The Vietnamese leader took the occasion to invite Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiahto visit Vietnam at an appropriate time.
For his part, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah recalled his goodmemories during his visit to Vietnam in 2019 and underlined that Brunei attaches great importanceon all-round cooperation with Vietnam.
He agreed with the Vietnamese leader’sproposals to further enhance the bilateral ties in the time to come.
Both sides affirmed that they will continue to coordinateclosely at regional and international forums such as the UN and APEC, whilemaintaining solidarity and promoting the centrality of ASEAN, contributing tobuilding the ASEAN Community of strong development, solidarity andself-reliance.
The two leaders also discussed a number of international andregional issues, including the East Sea matter./.
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