Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh made the statement while receiving the visiting Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Badiutheen in Hanoi on August 21.
Minh told his guest that Vietnam is keen to propel broader cooperation forward with Sri Lanka in the two countries’ interests.
The Sri Lankan Minister, in turn, affirmed his nation’s desire to boost the ties of friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.
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| Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) welcomes Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Badiutheen in Hanoi. |
The two ministers exchanged views on orientations and measures to enhance bilateral cooperation relations by promoting high-level exchange visits at all levels, improving the efficiency of bilateral cooperation mechanisms through the two countries’ Intergovernmental Committee and accelerating the effective implementation of signed agreements.
They also underlined the need to increase cooperation in the areas of the two nations’s strength such as agriculture, tea processing and production, garments and textiles and work together at regional international forums.
FM Minh welcomed the results obtained during the working session between the Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce and Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and Vietnamese partners, including the early establishment of a joint trade subcommittee between the two countries aiming to reach US$1 billion in trade turnover.
Vietnam wants Sri Lanka to create the best possible conditions for its enterprises to run business in the country, particularly in oil and gas and aquaculture, Minh added.
