Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with his Belarusian counterpart Igor Lyashenko, organised in the framework of the ongoing official visit by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to Belarus.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and his Belarusian counterpart Igor Lyashenko (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with hisBelarusian counterpart Igor Lyashenko on December 13, organised in the framework of the ongoing official visit by NationalAssembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to Belarus.
During the talks, the two officials discussed ways to further promote economic,trade and investment cooperation, contributing to strengthening the traditionalfriendship and all-round cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus.
They agreed that the economic, trade and investment cooperation has recordedfruits, adding that the two sides need to push the import and export of commoditiesthat they need and have strength in such as trucks, equipment, spare parts,fertilisers and milk from Belarus, and agriculture and aquaculture products,textiles and footwear from Vietnam.
The two sides will work to foster trade promotion activities and support theirenterprises, especially promoting activities of the Vietnam-Belarus BusinessCouncil, meetings of the Vietnam-Belarus Intergovernmental Committee, and theeconomic cooperation programmes between the two nations.
Hue and Lyashenko underlined the need tofoster new cooperation forms, including creating favourable conditions for thetwo countries’ enterprises to set up joint ventures, towards exporting theirproducts to member markets of ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union.
The two sides agreed to support the implementation of the protocolon supporting the production of motor vehicles in Vietnam for the MAZ Asia Joint Venture; promote theestablishment of maintenance joint ventures for trucks, passenger cars andtractors in Vietnam, saying that these measures will contribute to early realisingthe two-way trade target of 500 million USD.
The officials also discussed ways to further expand cooperation between Vietnamand Belarus in the fields of education and training, science and technology,military technology, as well as cooperation among localities of the twonations, including Hanoi with Minsk, and Hai Phong with Vitevsk.
Lyashenko saidthat his government has decided to approve a proposal by Deputy PM Hue on grantingscholarships to Vietnamese students for preparatory Russian language courses inBelarus from 2020.
On the same day’s afternoon, Hue visited ADANI High Technology Company, and automobile engineering company MAZ -the leading Belarusian enterprises that cooperate with Vietnam./.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on December 12 met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, during which they discussed the partnership between Vietnam and Belarus across spheres.
Vietnam and Belarus should work together to lift the two-way trade to 500 million USD to match both sides’ potential and desire, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan during talks with Chairwoman of the Council of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova in Minsk on December 12.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalia Kochanova described their talks in Minsk on December 12 as fruitful at a joint press conference the same day.
Vietnam always attaches great importance to its traditional friendship and all-round cooperation with Belarus, said Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on December 12 (local time).
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and his Belarusian counterpart Igor Lyashenko (Photo: VNA) 
