Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Dao Thanh Chung has made the
affirmation in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency’s
correspondents on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic
ties between the two countries (September 1, 1963 – September 1, 2013).
The ambassador reviewed the development of the Vietnam-Egypt
relations over the five decades. He said that solidarity and traditional
relations between the two countries have been reinforced and attained
many important achievements.
Especially, since 1991, bilateral
relations have entered a new period and developed in various fields,
from politics, economics, socio-culture, scien-technology to
education-training, tourism and investment.
The two sides have
signed many cooperative agreements and established an intergovernmental
committee in order to boost bilateral relations, Chung said.
He added that economic cooperation has also seen a strong development.
Two-way trade between the two sides reached more than 304 million USD in
2012, making Egypt Vietnam’s second largest market in the Middle
East-North Africa region.
Under the agreement on investment
encouragement and protection, Egypt and Vietnam have discussed measures
to foster investment between the two nations in the fields of oil and
gas and telecommunications. The two sides also reached agreements to
boost cooperation in aquaculture, farm processing, veterinary medicine
and plant protection products production.
Chung also said he
believes that potential for cooperation between the two countries
remains huge and that bilateral relations will develop comprehensively
and intensively.
He also expressed his hope that Egypt will
soon overcome difficulties and challenges, to carry out economic reforms
and improve its people’s living conditions.-VNA