Chủ đề: cooperation

On May 17 in San Francisco, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who was in the US on a working visit, attended a Vietnam - US trade, investment, and tourism promotion conference with the theme “Rediscovering Vietnam”. In an address, he called on investors to continue cooperating with Vietnam in various fields, including tourism. Vietnamese businesses also exchanged MoUs with US partners at the conference.

On May 11, in Washington D.C., the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Casa Systems Company (Casa) signed an MoU, witnessed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is paying a working visit to the country, and US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, on cooperation in applying techniques and technologies in the field of 5G in Vietnam. Casa will also train and transfer technology to VNPT.

At the invitation of US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a Vietnamese delegation attending the ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington D.C. and then make a working visit to the United States and the United Nations from May 11 to 17. Ahead of the visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son answered questions from the Associated Press on the relationship between Vietnam and the US. Trade and investment are important and potential drivers of Vietnam-US relations into the future, he answered. The US is Vietnam’s second-largest trading partner, while Vietnam is the ninth-largest trading partner of the US and an important destination for US investors.

According to a seminar discussing measures to further foster cooperation between several Vietnamese localities and the European Union (EU), held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 12, Vietnam has the potential to cooperate with the EU in many fields, including exporting and attracting investment in agricultural products, climate change adaptation, and renewable energy development. Cooperation to date, however, has fallen short of potential and needs to be promoted further.

During his official visit to Russia, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with President Vladimir Putin on November 30 in Moscow. Both agreed that trade and investment cooperation between the two countries still has a lot of potential for development, with oil and gas being a main pillar of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They also agreed to soon reopen direct flights between the two countries.

Prime Minister attends economic forum in Tochigi prefecture during official visit to Japan.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a Vietnamese delegation visited Tochigi prefecture in Japan on November 23, during an official visit to the country, where the PM asked Governor Tomikazu Fukuda to expand business activities with localities in Vietnam to effectively exploit all potential and available cooperative mechanisms. He also witnessed a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement between Tochigi and northern Vinh Phuc province.

The Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB) has reached a three-year strategic cooperation agreement with Microsoft Vietnam, in which the bank will deploy a multi-cloud computing platform using Microsoft Azure as the primary cloud.

The relationship between Finland and Vietnam is gradually shifting from development aid and development cooperation to cooperation in investment and trade. Finland will accept Vietnamese workers in agriculture and cooperate in implementing teacher training programs between the two countries.

South Korea’s Mirae Asset plans to cooperate with the DEOCA Group and invest in its transport infrastructure projects, such as the Dong Dang - Tra Linh, Huu Nghi - Chi Lang, and Tan Phu - Bao Loc highways. It has also expressed interest in other projects DEOCA is managing and operating through the acquisition of toll collection rights.