Vietnam, UK hold fifth strategic dialogue
Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and
Minister of State at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire
co-chaired the fifth Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue in London on March 7.
An overview of the
fifth Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue.
They focused discussions on issues related to the two
countries’ foreign policies and the bilateral cooperation, while proposing
measures to deepen the strategic partnership in the priority fields like
politics, diplomacy, trade, investment, education and training, security and
defence.
Regional and international issues of mutual concern
were also put on table.
During the event, the two sides agreed that the
Vietnam-UK Strategic Partnership maintains positive development, which was
reflected in the success of Prime Minister David Cameron’s official visit to
Vietnam on July 29-30, 2015.
Considering Vietnam is implementing its policy of
proactively and positively integrating into the international community and
the UK plans to expand cooperation with Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the two
sides agreed to continue delegation exchanges, intensify consultation at
multi-lateral forums and international organisations, such as the United
Nations, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the EU-ASEAN cooperation,
especially in international law, sustainable development and climate change
adaptation.
Deputy Minister Bui Thanh Son confirmed that Vietnam
welcomes the UK’s policy of strengthening its voice and presence in
Asia-Pacific, which contributes to ensuring peace, cooperation and
development in the region.
In terms of economic ties, both sides took note of the
impressive growth in bilateral trade and investment relations in the past
time.
Two-way trade hit 5.4 billion USD in 2015, up 25
percent from the previous year. The UK’s investments in Vietnam totalled 4.7
billion USD, ranking second among EU countries pouring capital into the
Southeast Asian nation.
The two sides agreed to continue to boost economic,
trade and investment ties between the two countries and create favourable
conditions for their enterprises to approach each other’s business and
investment market, while reaffirming commitment to strongly supporting and
speeding up the signing and ratification of the Vietnam-EU free trade
agreement.
Vietnam welcomes the UK’s implementation of its new
Commonwealth Fund to assist efforts to improve the business environment and
climate change response for its partner countries in the period after 2016,
Son affirmed.
The two sides stressed the importance of education and
training collaboration and agreed to strengthen the ties through the
effective implementation of the first phase of the Vietnam-UK University
project in central Da Nang city, the establishment of an English language
examination centre, and the signing of a cooperation agreement on vocational
training.
They acknowledged the work of UK educational service
providers in Vietnam including the British Council, and were unanimous about
the need for a suitable legal framework for those organisations.
The two sides welcomed positive development in the two
countries’ defence collaboration, particularly the establishment of Vietnam’s
Defence Attaché Office in London last November. They reached a consensus on
efficiently carrying out the bilateral MoU on defence cooperation and
boosting coordination in training, defence industry, peacekeeping missions,
maritime security, humanitarian aid and settlement of war bomb and mine
consequences.
The two countries also welcomed the close coordination
in information sharing and technical assistance in fighting organised crime, and
pledged to tighten cooperation in dealing with hi-tech crime, terrorism,
cyber security, migration, money laundering, and human trafficking.
Both sides also compared notes on recent developments
in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, as well as the East Sea situation.
They shared the viewpoint that maintaining peace,
stability, and navigation freedom and safety is in the common interests of
the international community. They stressed the importance of settling the
East Sea issue by peaceful means on the basis of international law and the
1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the full implementation
of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea and efforts to
early reach a Code of Conduct in the East Sea.
Swire reaffirmed the UK’s stance in line with the
Vietnam-EU joint statement and the ASEAN-EU joint statement on the East Sea
issue.
VNA
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Thứ Ba, 8 tháng 3, 2016
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