Vice President meets business leaders, OV representatives in UAE
Abu Dhabi (VNA) – Vice President
Vo Thi Anh Xuan held separate working sessions with leaders of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA), Masdar
Clean Energy and Mubadala
Investment Company, and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on May 3 and 4 during her trip to the country.
Meeting with AGDA leaders, Xuan hailed the important role of AGDA in research and training of diplomats and Government
leaders of the UAE.
She affirmed Vietnam’s consistent diplomatic policy
of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development,
mutilateralisation and diversification of external relations; being a friend, a
trustworthy partner and an active and responsible member of the international
community.
Both sides agreed to promote cooperation between AGDA and Vietnam's Diplomatic Academy and research institutes, build specific cooperation programmes in personnel training, sharing of research outcomes and assessments on the world and regional situation, and co-organise conferences and seminars on areas of mutual interest.
Visiting
Masdar Clean Energy and Mubadala - the leading energy corporations of the UAE, Xuan
hailed their pioneering role in developing clean and renewable energy projects
in the UAE and the region. She also introduced incentives provided by the
Vietnamese Government to attract foreign investment, especially in sustainable
green development.
She
affirmed that Vietnam and the UAE hold great potential of cooperation in this
field and wished that the two corporations would consider investing in energy
projects in Vietnam.
Leaders
of Masdar Clean Energy and Mubadala agreed with Vice President Xuan’s cooperation
proposals and affirmed their wish to meet Vietnamese partners to discuss specific cooperation opportunities in priority areas such as clean and renewable energy.
Meeting staff of Vietnamese representative agencies and representatives from the Vietnamese community in the
country, Xuan affirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s policy
of paying special attention to the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community and asked
the Vietnamese Embassy and the Community
Liaison Board in the UAE to play a better role in connecting and helping
OVs settle down lives, holding more community activities to preserve the
cultural identity of the Vietnamese people.
The Vice President took note of recommendations made by the OV community to strengthen the Vietnam-UAE ties and develop the Vietnamese community in the Middle East country./.