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| Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son received Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Vietnam Iain Frew. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
At the meeting, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son highly appreciated Ambassador Iain Frew for actively implementing many bilateral activities in recent times, especially in the context of the positive development of the Strategic Partnership between the two countries in recent times, notably the two sides issuing a new Joint Statement on Strategic Partnership (September 2020).
The signing and implementation of the Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) has contributed to making the UK the third largest trading partner in the European market, the ninth largest export market of Vietnam and an important European investor in Vietnam, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On this occasion, Minister Bui Thanh Son asked Ambassador Iain Frew to continue promoting high-level delegation exchanges and all-level delegation exchanges; effectively deploy bilateral cooperation mechanisms; coordinate with Vietnamese partners to organize diverse and meaningful activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-UK diplomatic relations (1973-2023).
Minister Bui Thanh Son suggested that the two sides maintain effective cooperation in traditional areas such as trade - investment,education and training, security - defense; at the same time expand cooperation in new areas where the UK has strengths and is suitable to Vietnam's development priorities such as green growth and climate change adaptation.
In addition, Minister Bui Thanh Son highly appreciated the UK's role in promoting the development of the Just Energy Transition Partnership framework between Vietnam and international partners and asked the UK to continue supporting Vietnam in terms of experience, technology transfer, green finance and human resource development in this field.
Ambassador Iain Frew shared the assessments of Minister Bui Thanh Son and affirmed that, with a policy towards the Indo-Pacific region, the UK attaches importance to developing relations with Vietnam on the basis of a trustworthy political relationship, close cooperation in multilateral and regional forums, solid economic relations and rich potential for cooperation in the future, especially in new fields and development trends of the world, including sustainable energy transition and climate change response.
In order to enhance the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation, Ambassador Iain Frew agreed to strengthen close cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Vietnamese ministries and sectors in developing practical cooperation plans in the coming time.
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| At the reception, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son assessed that the strategic partnership between the two countries has developed positively in recent times. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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