Chilean Vice Minister of Trade Rodrigo Yáñez has said his Vietnam visit aims to further boost the Vietnam – Chile ties and expand cooperation within the framework of the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) signed in 2011, especially in investment and services.
Japan and Chile on September 18 agreed to cooperate on the early implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero has affirmed that Chile pays particular attention to participating in the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) as it is a leading mechanism in supporting the application of technology and creating benefit for citizens.
Vietnam considers Chile one of its most important partners in the Latin America region, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at a meeting with Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero Espinoza on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi on September 12.
Diplomatic representative agencies of Vietnam in Switzerland, Chile and Algeria held various activities to celebrate the 73rd National Day (September 2).
The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile, as rotating Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Santiago (ACS), coordinated with representative agencies of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand in organising a ceremony on August 8 to mark the 51st founding anniversary of ASEAN.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera extolled Vietnam’s impressive economic accomplishments in recent years while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Nguyen Ngoc Son in Santiago on June 4.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in the Lao province of Savannakhet on May 18 held an incense offering ceremony at President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House in Sayaphoum village, Kaysone Phomvihane township, to celebrate the late leader’s 128th birth anniversary (May 19).
The Embassy of Vietnam to Chile celebrated the 43th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification (April 30, 1975) in a ceremony on April 28 which gathered the Vietnamese community in Chile and many foreign guests.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba held a ceremony on March 21 to pay tribute to former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who passed away on March 17.
The newly-signed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP TPP), of which Vietnam and Chile are members, is expected to be a motivation boosting their economic ties.
Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh had bilateral meetings with ministers of Japan and Chile on the sidelines of the CPTPP signing in Chile on March 9.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was officially inked at a ceremony chaired by Chilean President Micelle Bachelet in Santiago de Chile on March 8.
