NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is welcomed at the Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires. (Photo: VNA) Buenos Aires (VNA) – Chairman of the VietnameseNational Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the NA arrivedat Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires on April 23 afternoon(local time), beginning an official visit to Argentina.
The delegation was welcomed at the airport by Cecilia Todesca Bocco, Secretary forInternational Economic Relations at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs,International Trade and Worship; President of the Argentina-Vietnam FriendshipParliamentarians Group Maria Rose Martinez; Vietnamese Ambassadorto Argentina and Uruguay Duong Quoc Thanh; and staff of the Vietnamese Embassyin Argentina.
Argentina was one of the three Latin American countries, afterCuba and Chile, to establish diplomatic ties with Vietnam on October 25, 1973.Over the past 50 years, the friendship and cooperation between the two nationshave been strengthened and developed fruitfully.
Vietnam has considered Argentina one of its leading importantpartners in Latin America. Together with sound political-diplomatic relations, theireconomic, trade and investment ties have continued to develop, becoming afoundation for the long-term relationship between the two countries.
Vietnam is the 6th biggest trading partner and the 5th largestexport market of Argentina in the world and a key partner of Argentina in theSouth-South cooperation in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, Argentina is Vietnam’s 3rdbiggest trading partner in Latin America. The two nations have signed many cooperationagreements and deals to create a basis for boosting the Vietnam-Argentinacomprehensive cooperation.
Two-way trade has been increasing continuously, from 316million USD in 2007 to over 4.8 billion USD in 2022, a 15-fold rise. The twocountries have expected to raise the bilateral trade value to 10 billion USD by2025.
Relations between the Vietnamese and Argentine legislatures havebeen developing fruitfully through the exchange of delegations and meetings withinthe frameworks of multilateral parliamentary forums. The Vietnamese NA has sentdelegations for working visits to Argentina, including trips by high-rankingleaders and the NA’s committees.
Within the multilateral framework, parliamentarians of the twonations have maintained meetings, coordination and mutual consultation, especiallyat the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
During the ongoing visit, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is scheduledto hold talks and meet with senior leaders of Argentina; sign a cooperationagreement between the two parliaments; attend a business forum; visit the VietnameseEmbassy and meet with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Argentina.
The top legislator will also witness the signing of cooperationagreements between ministries, sectors and localities of the two countries.
As the two nations have fully opened their doors and steppedup economic recovery and development, NA Chairman Hue’s visit, which takes place at atime when Vietnam and Argentina are celebrating the 50th founding anniversary ofdiplomatic relations, aims to strengthen the traditional friendship andsolidarity between Vietnam and Argentina as well as Latin American nations in general,promote the possibility of launching negotiations on a free trade agreementbetween Vietnam and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), and start a journeyto follow the footsteps of Uncle Ho as Buenos Aires was his stopover in 1912 after he left Nha Rong (Dragon) Wharf in 1911.
The visit is hoped to contribute to promoting and consolidatingthe traditional friendship and solidarity, and mutual support between Vietnamand Argentina; and strengthening cooperative ties between the two parliaments, thusenhancing the Vietnam-Argentina comprehensive partnership in a more practical and effectiveway./.
The delegation was welcomed at the airport by Cecilia Todesca Bocco, Secretary forInternational Economic Relations at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs,International Trade and Worship; President of the Argentina-Vietnam FriendshipParliamentarians Group Maria Rose Martinez; Vietnamese Ambassadorto Argentina and Uruguay Duong Quoc Thanh; and staff of the Vietnamese Embassyin Argentina.
Argentina was one of the three Latin American countries, afterCuba and Chile, to establish diplomatic ties with Vietnam on October 25, 1973.Over the past 50 years, the friendship and cooperation between the two nationshave been strengthened and developed fruitfully.
Vietnam has considered Argentina one of its leading importantpartners in Latin America. Together with sound political-diplomatic relations, theireconomic, trade and investment ties have continued to develop, becoming afoundation for the long-term relationship between the two countries.
Vietnam is the 6th biggest trading partner and the 5th largestexport market of Argentina in the world and a key partner of Argentina in theSouth-South cooperation in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, Argentina is Vietnam’s 3rdbiggest trading partner in Latin America. The two nations have signed many cooperationagreements and deals to create a basis for boosting the Vietnam-Argentinacomprehensive cooperation.
Two-way trade has been increasing continuously, from 316million USD in 2007 to over 4.8 billion USD in 2022, a 15-fold rise. The twocountries have expected to raise the bilateral trade value to 10 billion USD by2025.
Relations between the Vietnamese and Argentine legislatures havebeen developing fruitfully through the exchange of delegations and meetings withinthe frameworks of multilateral parliamentary forums. The Vietnamese NA has sentdelegations for working visits to Argentina, including trips by high-rankingleaders and the NA’s committees.
Within the multilateral framework, parliamentarians of the twonations have maintained meetings, coordination and mutual consultation, especiallyat the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
During the ongoing visit, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is scheduledto hold talks and meet with senior leaders of Argentina; sign a cooperationagreement between the two parliaments; attend a business forum; visit the VietnameseEmbassy and meet with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Argentina.
The top legislator will also witness the signing of cooperationagreements between ministries, sectors and localities of the two countries.
As the two nations have fully opened their doors and steppedup economic recovery and development, NA Chairman Hue’s visit, which takes place at atime when Vietnam and Argentina are celebrating the 50th founding anniversary ofdiplomatic relations, aims to strengthen the traditional friendship andsolidarity between Vietnam and Argentina as well as Latin American nations in general,promote the possibility of launching negotiations on a free trade agreementbetween Vietnam and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), and start a journeyto follow the footsteps of Uncle Ho as Buenos Aires was his stopover in 1912 after he left Nha Rong (Dragon) Wharf in 1911.
The visit is hoped to contribute to promoting and consolidatingthe traditional friendship and solidarity, and mutual support between Vietnamand Argentina; and strengthening cooperative ties between the two parliaments, thusenhancing the Vietnam-Argentina comprehensive partnership in a more practical and effectiveway./.
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