Prime Minister and his wife begin official visit to the Dominican Republic

(CPV) - On the evening of November 19, 2024 local time (morning of November 20, Hanoi time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife arrived in the capital Santo Domingo, beginning an official visit to the Dominican Republic.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife begin official visit to the Dominican Republic

After successfully concluding the working trip to attend the G20 Summit and bilateral activities in Brazil, on the evening of November 19, local time (ie the morning of November 20, Hanoi time), the plane carrying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Las Americas airport, capital of Santo Domingo, to begin an official visit to the Dominican Republic at the invitation of the host country's President Luis Abinader and his wife.

This is the first time a key leader of Vietnam has visited the Dominican Republic; demonstrating Vietnam's respect and desire to continue to consolidate and deepen the fine solidarity, friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, towards the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife and the Vietnamese delegation on an official visit to Dominican Republic was solemnly held at the airport with the presence of Dominican Minister of Agriculture Limber Cruz, Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Julio Gomez, Dominican Ambassador to Vietnam Jaime Francisco Rodríguez, Director of the Protocol Department, Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs Francisco José Cantizano Nadal, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Dominican Republic Le Quang Long and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba and Dominican Republic.

The welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife and the Vietnamese delegation on an official visit to Dominican Republic was solemnly held at the airport.

During the visit, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected to hold talks with President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader Corona; meet with the President of the Dominican Senate and the President of the Dominican House of Representatives; receive leaders of Dominican left-wing parties; attend the inauguration ceremony and lay wreaths at the Ho Chi Minh Monument in Santo Domingo; attend the Vietnam - Dominican Business Forum; deliver a policy speech at the Dominican Diplomatic Academy and other important activities.

Vietnam – Dominican Republic relations were founded in 1965, when President Ho Chi Minh met with revolutionary, Professor Juan Bosch, the first President of the democratic Dominican Republic, when he visited Hanoi to attend the Conference of Latin American countries in solidarity with Vietnam. The two countries officially established diplomatic relations at the Ambassadorial level on July 7, 2005.

After nearly 20 years, Vietnam - Dominican Republic diplomatic relations have developed well. Although economic and trade relations account for a small proportion of each country's total trade, they have recorded rapid growth. Accordingly, two-way trade turnover has increased from 36.5 million USD in 2013 to nearly 150.2 million USD in 2022; 95.8 million USD in 2023; and 56 million USD in the first 9 months of 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Dominican Republic this time is a historic event in the relationship between the two countries, contributing to consolidating political trust, deepening multifaceted cooperation, making bilateral relations more substantive and effective; creating momentum to promote the expansion of economic, trade and investment relations between Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, especially in potential areas such as: Agriculture, industry, construction materials production, export processing zone business, energy - oil and gas, telecommunications and tourism./.

Source: https://dangcongsan.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-va-phu-nhan-bat-dau-chuyen-tham-chinh-thuc-cong-hoa-dominicana-683723.html