Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Minister-President of Flanders, Kingdom of Belgium Jan Jambon agreed to strengthen cooperation in sustainable agriculture, investment in construction and dredging of maritime routes; study the establishment of a new cooperation mechanism between Flanders and regions of Vietnam to improve the quality and effectiveness of cooperation between Vietnam and Belgium.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Minister-President of Flanders, Kingdom of Belgium Jan Jambon. Photo: VNA
On the afternoon of September 12, at the Government Office, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Minister-President of Flanders, Kingdom of Belgium Jan Jambon, who is on a working visit to Vietnam from September 12-16, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his pleasure to meet again with Minister-President of Flanders Jan Jambon on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Kingdom of Belgium and the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the Strategic Partnership on agriculture. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and advocates strengthening comprehensive cooperation with Belgium, as well as with the regions and communities of Belgium. The Prime Minister highly appreciated the visit to Vietnam by the Minister-President of Flanders with a delegation of 30 large enterprises as well as the rich working program with ministries, branches and localities of Vietnam.
Minister-President of Flanders Jan Jambon expressed his deep impression of Vietnam's dynamic socio-economic development. Photo: VNA
Minister-President of Flanders Jan Jambon expressed his deep impression of Vietnam's dynamic socio-economic development; affirmed that Flanders always considers Vietnam a priority partner in the region and will promote further strengthening of friendship and effective, substantive cooperation with Vietnam in areas of Flanders' strengths, especially in transport, seaport logistics, high technology, renewable energy, smart agriculture, digital transformation, etc. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that the Minister-President of Flanders continue to pay attention to developing relations with Vietnam, especially in economic, trade and investment cooperation, contributing to promoting and further strengthening the Vietnam-Belgium relationship. The Prime Minister thanked the Flanders Parliament for promptly ratifying the Vietnam-EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA); suggested that Flanders promote the Belgian Federal Parliament to soon ratify the EVIPA. The Prime Minister hoped that the Kingdom of Belgium would urge the European Commission (EC) to soon remove the IUU “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood to maintain the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fishermen and meet the interests of millions of European consumers. The Prime Minister suggested that the Flanders region continue to expand the market for Vietnamese exports and encourage businesses to do business and invest in Vietnam. The Prime Minister thanked and asked the Flanders region to continue supporting Vietnam in training, especially in the fields of agriculture, transportation, and port logistics. For his part, Minister-President of Flanders Jan Jambon affirmed his support for trade liberalization and pledged to support Vietnam in strengthening comprehensive relations with the EU, and would urge the Federal Parliament to ratify the EVIPA; saying that the early ratification of the EVIPA would bring practical benefits to investors from the Kingdom of Belgium and the EU. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in sustainable agriculture, investment in construction and dredging of maritime routes; and study the establishment of a new cooperation mechanism between the Flanders region and regions of Vietnam to improve the quality and effectiveness of cooperation between Vietnam and Belgium. laodong.vn
Comment (0)