At the meeting, Son stated that Vietnam attaches importance to traditional friendship and cooperation with Egypt, one of the first states in the Middle East and Africa to establish diplomatic ties with the Southeast Asian country.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception for Egyptian Ambassador to Vietnam Amal Abdel Kader Elmorsi Salama in Hanoi on July 7.

He expressed his delight at the positive developments in relations between the two countries in recent times. Egypt is currently Vietnam's leading trading partner in North Africa, with trade turnover increasing year by year and hitting almost 600 million USD last year.

The FM suggested that the diplomat promote her experience and make contributions to further strengthening their bilateral ties, especially in such fields as policy-diplomacy, trade-investment, Halal, and response to climate change.

For her part, the Egyptian ambassador affirmed that ample room remains for both nations to promote cooperation, and promised that she will do her utmost to create a breakthrough for bilateral relations in the coming time, in order to raise bilateral trade to 1 billion USD as set by the two countries' leaders.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries (1963 - 2023), both host and guest agreed to closely coordinate to promote the exchange of delegations and effectively implement bilateral cooperation mechanisms, such as the organisation of the sixth session of the Vietnamese – Egyptian Joint Committee.

They also pledged to enhance cooperation between the localities of the two countries, coordinate to hold cultural and artistic exchange activities to increase mutual understanding between the two countries' people and promote the negotiation and signing of cooperation agreements in aviation and double taxation avoidance.

Ministry of Industry and Trade seals MoU with Chinese market management agency

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation with the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) of China within the framework of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to the neighbouring country.

Bac Giang fights smuggling to facilitate lychee trade, production

The northern province of Bac Giang will step up the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in the locality, according to head of the provincial market management agency Chu Thanh Hien.

Vietnam, RoK intensify trade cooperation

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have become top important partners of each other in various fields, with economic, trade and investment cooperation serving as both pillar and primary driver of their increasingly growing relationship, said Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.

44 more foreign traders immigrated to buy Bac Giang lychee

(BGO) – The Immigration Department (Ministry of Public Security) has allowed 44 Chinese traders to enter Vietnam and buy lychee for export in Bac Giang province from May 26 till July 30, 2023.

Infrastructure upgrade needed to smoothen border trade with China

Border gates with China are being overwhelmed by the trade between the two countries, and need infrastructure upgrades.

Source: VNA