Sat. Jan 11th, 2025

Can Tho (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen
Xuan Phuc met with foreign diplomats in Vietnam attending the Conference on
Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Development of the Mekong Delta in Can Tho city
on September 27, calling for more support from foreign countries for the delta.

At a reception for German Ambassador Christian Berger, the leader said the
diplomat’s attendance at the event demonstrates the German Government’s
attention to sustainable development of the Mekong Delta.

The Vietnamese Government thanked the German Government for its effective
cooperation and support, he said, adding that such German-assisted programmes
have significantly contributed to Vietnam’s socio-economic development,
particularly in vocational training, energy, environmental protection and
climate change response.

The PM noted his hope that the German Government will continue its support to
the Mekong Delta in development planning.

Vietnam always regards Germany as the country’s leading trust-worthy and
important European partner, he said, urging the two sides to maintain regular
meetings in order to enhance their mutual trust and deepen the bilateral ties
across fields.

In reply, Ambassador Christian Berger pledged to hold working sessions with
relevant Vietnamese agencies to accelerate bilateral cooperation in sustainable
and climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta.

The diplomat expressed his wish that the Vietnamese and German Governments will
continue scaling up their cooperation, looking towards a better future for the
two countries’ people.

Christian Berger also said he hopes that pragmatic cooperation initiatives
between Vietnam and other countries and development partners, including
Germany, will be raised at the conference, helping to transform challenges
posed by climate change into opportunities.

At a meeting with Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick, PM Phuc
expressed his belief that the diplomat’s attendance at the conference will help
advance collaboration between the two countries more practically and
effectively.

Craig Chittick said Australia has rolled out many support and cooperation
programmes in the Mekong Delta, noting that the Australian Government will
continue its official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam while mobilising
resources for the country to develop the delta.

The Australian Government will also assist Vietnam in the spirit of innovative
partnership, helping the country improve quality and productivity in
agricultural production, he said.

Welcoming Swedish Ambassador Pereric Hogberg, PM Phuc called on the diplomat to
do more for the cooperation between Vietnam and Sweden.

Pereric Hogberg said Sweden always heeds the development of the Mekong Delta.
The Swedish Government has ratified a package worth more than 5 million USD to
support the Mekong Delta Commission.

Meeting with Jun Yanagi, an envoy of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, the
Vietnamese leader praised Japan’s assistance to the development of the Mekong
Delta.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing its relationship with Japan in the
spirit of the extensive strategic partnership, for peace and prosperity in
Asia, he said.

The host urged the two sides to closely coordinate with each other in preparing
the visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend the APEC Economic
Leaders’ Week slated for November.

Jun Yanagi lauded PM Phuc’s initiatives to organise the conference in order to
mobilise all resources for the development of the climate change-hit delta,
emphasising that climate change response is one of the main pillars of Japan-Vietnam
cooperation.-VNA

By vivian