Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland set up diplomatic relations on September 11, 1973. Since then, they have enjoyed robust achievements in the bilateral relations.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, during his official visit to Hungary, received in Budapest on September 10 Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom who is also on a trip to the country.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has paid an official visit to the UK from April 24-26, during which he discussed a wide range of issues on bilateral cooperation with UK officials and business leaders.
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has called for the support of British parliamentarians so that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement will soon be approved by the UK.
HCM City’s People’s Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan said that the city welcomes more investment and tourists from the United Kingdom (UK) in his meeting with Prince Andrew on November 16.
There is untapped potential for Vietnamese enterprises to export to the United Kingdom, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao told a business conference held on November 16 in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese Government will create optimal conditions for British businesses to strengthen cooperation activities and make sustainable investments in the country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, on the margin of the 50-year celebration of Singapore’s Independence Day, in Singapore on August 9.
The official visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) David Cameron from July 29-30,
the first-ever by a British Prime Minister, is expected to intensify and
deepen the two countries’ strategic partnership that has grown in
recent years.
Vietnam and the UK set up their
diplomatic ties on September 11, 1973. In 2010, the two nations decided
to establish a strategic partnership, focusing on seven cooperative
areas, namely politics-diplomacy, regional and global issues, trade and
investment, development cooperation, education-training and
science-technology, security-defence, and people-to-people exchange.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended
various sessions at the 44th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in
Davos, Switzerland on January 23-24, sharing Vietnam ’s
development experience and business opportunities.
The third Vietnam-UK
Strategic Dialogue took place in London on October 22, in the
framework of the strategic partnership and the 2013 action plan between
the two sides.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has suggested Vietnam and
the UK create more favourable conditions for their businesses to
make investment and business cooperation effective in the time to come.
