General Secretary To Lam receives Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development of Malaysia, Chairman of UMNO Party

During his official visit to Malaysia, on November 22, in Kuala Lumpur, General Secretary To Lam received Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, President of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and senior leaders of the ruling coalition in Malaysia.

General Secretary To Lam received Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. (Photo: VNA)

At the reception, General Secretary To Lam and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, Chairman of UMNO discussed the situation of the two Parties, two countries and important developments in the bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Malaysia past time

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, President of UMNO Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi warmly welcomed General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation; highly appreciated the important significance of his first visit to a Southeast Asian country as General Secretary and recalled many good memories of working with the General Secretary in different positions.

Emphasizing the tradition of friendly relations between UMNO and the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, President of UMNO and senior leaders in the ruling coalition all expressed admiration for Vietnam's socio-economic development, considering it the pride of ASEAN; and at the same time believed that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, headed by General Secretary To Lam, Vietnam will enter a new era of development, successfully achieving the country's development goals.

General Secretary To Lam and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, Chairman of UMNO Party. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary To Lam thanked the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Rural Development, Chairman of UMNO and senior leaders of the ruling coalition for their good sentiments towards the General Secretary and the delegation; emphasizing that the visit demonstrated Vietnam's respect for the 50-year traditional relationship with Malaysia. The General Secretary informed the Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of UMNO and senior leaders of the ruling coalition of the major results of the talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and the two countries' decision to upgrade their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Congratulating the important achievements that Malaysia has made under the leadership of the Solidarity Government of which the National Front Coalition and UMNO are members, the General Secretary expressed his belief that Malaysia will successfully achieve the goal of becoming a leading economy in Asia and among the 30 largest economies in the world in the next 10 years. The General Secretary emphasized that the Communist Party of Vietnam attaches importance to the role and position of UMNO in politics, highly appreciates UMNO's contributions to fostering and promoting the development of relations between the two countries in recent years, and wishes to further strengthen the friendly relationship and good cooperation with UMNO, contributing to further consolidating political trust and creating a solid foundation for the strong and sustainable development of relations between the two countries.

Within the framework partnership Regarding the newly established cooperation agreement between the two countries, General Secretary To Lam asked Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agricultural Development Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to continue to pay attention to and direct Malaysian agencies to coordinate with Vietnamese agencies to promote and effectively develop the cooperation potential of the two countries in the context that the two countries are entering a new development stage; creating more favorable conditions for processed agricultural products, seafood and food products of Vietnam to enter the Malaysian market. Emphasizing that Vietnam is ready to continue to provide stable rice to Malaysia and share experiences in agricultural development, including food and coffee, the General Secretary asked Malaysia to continue to create conditions and support Vietnam in developing the Halal industry, and encourage Malaysian enterprises to invest in the Halal sector in Vietnam.

The General Secretary asked the UMNO Party and the Deputy Prime Minister and Party Chairman to continue to actively contribute to the development of bilateral relations in the new period. Emphasizing that education and training is a strategic breakthrough to build human resources for development, the General Secretary asked the two sides to coordinate to promote cooperation in this field, including training of officials, university and postgraduate training. The two leaders agreed to promote delegation exchanges, increase exchanges of young leaders and female leaders; coordinate in multilateral forums of political parties, as well as contribute to building the ASEAN Community.

The Deputy Prime Minister, President of UMNO and senior leaders of the ruling coalition affirmed that, in their positions as party and state, they will continue to make efforts to promote multi-faceted cooperation, contributing to consolidating the relationship between the two parties and the overall development of the relationship between the two countries, building a solid foundation for the development of each country, each party and the development of bilateral relations in the new period; hoping that the two sides will continue to further promote relations on both state and party channels in 2025 when Malaysia is the ASEAN Chair.

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