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Prime Minister hosts welcome ceremony for Belarusian counterpart

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 8 morning hosted a welcome ceremony for his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-9.
Prime Minister hosts welcome ceremony for Belarusian counterpart ảnh 1Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) on December 8 morning hosts a welcome ceremony for his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhon December 8 morning hosted a welcome ceremony for his Belarusian counterpart RomanGolovchenko who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-9.

This is the first time PM Golovchenko has visitedVietnam since he took office in 2020. It takes place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 31st founding anniversary of their diplomaticrelations (1992 - 2023) and the 66th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's firstvisit to Minsk (1957 - 2023).

At the welcome ceremony, the two leaders inspected theguard of honour, and visited a photo exhibition featuring the land and peopleof Vietnam and Belarus, and their good relations, jointly held by the GovernmentOffice and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). After that, the PMs heldtalks.

While in Vietnam, PM Golovchenko is also scheduled to meet high-rankingleaders of the Vietnamese Party and State to exchange views on ways to enhancethe bilateral relationship in the time ahead, making it more intensive, extensive, practical and effective, along with other issues of shared concern. He willalso visit some Vietnamese localities.

Vietnam and Belarus set up diplomatic ties inJanuary 1992. Belarus opened its embassy in Vietnam in 1998, and Vietnam’sembassy was set up in Belarus five years later.

The two countries have maintained regular delegationexchanges and meetings at all levels. They have also effectively implementedexisting cooperation mechanisms and areas, and closely cooperated and supportedeach other at the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, and other internationalforums and organisations.

Two-way trade reached nearly 114 million USD lastyear. Currently, Belarus is running three investment projects in Vietnam worth32.2 million USD. Meanwhile, Vietnam has an investment project in Belarus with total capital of 810,000 USD.

The bilateral socio-economic, cultural, security,and defence cooperation has been constantly consolidated andstrengthened, contributing to the stable and sustainable development of each nation./.
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