Hanoi (VNA) – The Government and people of Vietnam will makegreater efforts to accelerate the cooperation with the Government, parliamentand people of Mongolia, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

He met on January 22 with Chairman of the Parliament of MongoliaMiyegombo Enkhbold, who is on official visit to Vietnam. The guest earlier attendedthe 26th Asia-Pacific Parliament Forum (APPF-26).

“Vietnam always pays due attention to bolstering cooperative ties withtraditional friends, including Mongolia,” said PM Phuc.

He stressed that both sides need to consolidate and develop cooperation invarious fields based on their long-standing traditional friendship.

He noticed that Miyegombo Enkhbold’s visit is a vivid illustration of thedeveloping cooperative relations and traditional friendship between Vietnam andMongolia.

He spoke highly of the central Asian country for creating favourable conditionsfor Vietnamese firms to do business there in the past years and said thatVietnam can provide its staples like coffee and seafood for Mongolia.

“Vietnam is ready to share experience and cooperate with Mongolia in the fieldsof customs, education and networking activities among localities of both sides,”he said, adding that the country is willing to send high-profile experts andengineers in civil, bridge and road construction and other fields to supportMongolia.

The Government leader said that the two countries should channel more effortsto increase bilateral trade to 70 million USD by 2020.

Meanwhile, Miyegombo Enkhbold took the occasion to congratulate the VietnameseNational Assembly for successfully organising the APPF-26 while expressed hisimpression on the meeting with PM Phuc in Ulan Bator in 2016.

He stated that Vietnam is an important partner of Mongolia in the SoutheastAsian region and his country always wants to boost cooperation with Vietnam.

Mongolia supports Vietnam to run for the position as a non-permanent member ofthe UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure and hopes that Vietnamcontinues to back it to join activities of the ASEAN Community, he said.

Due attention has been paid to the exchange of high-ranking delegations inthese years, contributing to developing the win-win cooperation, he stressed,adding that the Vietnam-Mongolia Intergovernmental Committee has a crucial rolein elevating the bilateral ties.

The two countries are pushing for the signing of agreements on justice andratcheting up defence partnership, he noted.

In terms of trade and economy, he suggested that the two countries shouldenhance collaboration in the processing of frozen meat. Mongolia boasts hugepotential to export mutton and goat meat to Vietnam while Vietnam holdsstrengths in chicken and meat.

Cooperative mechanisms in customs, tax, banking and finance should be set up topromote two-way trade cooperation, he recommended.

He wished that Vietnam would receive more Mongolian students and the twocountries’ localities would launch cooperative activities to make it easier forthe partnerships between their businesses and people.-VNA