The visit takes place at a time when Vietnam-Canada relations are growing robustly and producing mutual benefits across sectors.

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Source: VOV 
The two countries established diplomatic ties in 1973 and began exchange of high-ranking delegations since 1994.

In September 2014, the Vietnamese and Canadian ministers of foreign affairs signed a letter of intent on boosting bilateral relations. In July 2017, their first political consultation at deputy-foreign-ministerial level was held in Canada.

Vietnam is currently Canada’s biggest trade partner in ASEAN and a prioritized market in Canada's Global Markets Action Plan. The bilateral trade value in recent years grew about 20 – 25 percent on average, hitting USD 4.1 billion in 2016 and USD 2.34 billion in the first eight months of 2017.

Translated by Chung Anh