Havana (VNA) - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Dominican Republic NguyenTrung Thanh recently presented his letter of credential to the republic’s PresidentDanilo Medina.
During his visit to the Caribbean country from March 12-15, Ambassador NguyenTrung Thanh, who is also Vietnam’ s Ambassador to Cuba, also had meetings with Presidentof the Senate and the Dominican-Vietnam friendship parliamentarian group.
At the meetings, the two sides exchanged views on regional issues and measuresto boost bilateral relations as well as further raise two-way trade.
The Dominican Republic officials expressed their respect for Vietnam’s strugglefor independence as well as national construction.
Theyspoke highly of Vietnam’s role and position in the international arena and affirmedtheir wish to promote bilateral friendship, cooperation and solidarity with theSouth East Asian country.
They voiced hope to early open the embassy of the Dominican Republic Embassy inHanoi to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to access the Dominicanmarket, especially in fields of services and tourism infrastructure.
During his stay, Ambassador Thanh also laid a wreath of flower at President HoChi Minh monument in the capital of Santo Domingo.-VNA
