The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has advised international travel agencies to think about the organization of tours to Algeria and Sri Lanka due to safety reason.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka has launched an international tender to purchase 200,000 tonnes of rice, providing an excellent opportunity for Vietnamese rice exporters.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has sent congratulations to D.E.W. Gunasekara on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.
Vietnam and Sri Lanka will provide favourable conditions for their enterprises to seek business and investment opportunities, senior diplomats have said.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are negotiating an urgent purchase of about 400,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand to replenish their falling stocks which were caused by severe droughts and floods, according to Thai media.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his spouse left Hanoi on the evening of April 18 to wrap up their official visit to Vietnam from April 16 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called for serious efforts to be made to raise two-way trade value to 1 billion USD during a Vietnam-Sri Lanka investment forum held in Hanoi on April 18
Vietnam and Sri Lanka have friendly political relations. Economic and trade ties between the two countries have been constantly tightened and developed.
The visit looks to ratchet up cooperative fields of Sri Lanka’s interest, including trade, investment, telecommunications, fish farming, machinery manufacturing, and the production of building materials.
The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking of Thailand has revised up prediction for the country’s 2017 export growth on the back of brighter local and global economic outlook.
Leaders of Malaysia and Sri Lanka have reaffirmed the determination to raise bilateral relations to a new level through Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to Malaysia.
Vietnam wants to further the traditional friendship and cooperation with Sri Lanka, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on their sideline meeting.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on July 7 for the Ambassadors of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Sri Lanka to Vietnam.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 27 for a delegation of the Sri Lanka – Vietnam Solidarity Association led by Most Venerable Baddegama Samitha Thero.
