January 06, 2018 | 22:02 (GMT+7)
Vietnam, UK reinforce strategic partnership
PANO - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received visiting UK Foreign Office Minister for Asia and the Pacific the Rt. Hon. Mark Field in Hanoi on January 5.
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Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) hosts the UK official. Photo: VGP
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Earlier the same day, Mr. Mark Field and
Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son co-chaired the sixth
Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue with the participation of senior officials from
the UK Ministry of Defense and National Crime Agency as well as representatives
from Vietnamese Ministries of National Defense, Public Security, and Agriculture
and Rural Development.
In an open atmosphere and on the
basis of mutual respect and understanding, the two sides discussed orientations
and concrete measures to bolster the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership in a more
intensive, practical and effective manner, particularly in politics-diplomacy,
trade-investment, education-training, science-technology and security-defense,
in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 45th anniversary of
bilateral diplomatic ties (1973-2018).
They also exchanged ideas about
regional and international issues of mutual concern.
The two sides issued a joint press
release on the outcomes of the dialogue.
Translated by Chung Anh