Early implementation of Vietnam - UK trade turnover to reach the target of 15 billion USD
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is the first British leader the General Secretary has met with after the two countries upgraded their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
On October 29 (local time), in the capital London, UK, General Secretary To Lam had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.
At the meeting, General Secretary To Lam congratulated Mr. David Lammy on his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister and expressed his gratitude to the Deputy Prime Minister for always paying attention to and promoting relations with Vietnam.
The General Secretary announced that there have been talks and meetings with the UK Prime Minister and the UK Parliament to discuss major directions and measures to promote the two countries' relations to develop more comprehensively and strongly across all channels of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and people.
General Secretary To Lam shared that Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is the first British leader that the General Secretary met with after the two countries officially upgraded their relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and suggested that immediately after the visit, the Governments of both sides develop an Action Plan, quickly strengthen existing cooperation mechanisms and establish new necessary mechanisms to promote cooperation, enhance political trust, soon bring the two countries' trade turnover to the target of 15 billion USD, and seek and implement a number of lighthouse projects, typical of the good level of bilateral relations.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy emphasized that the two countries' upgrading of relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership was a historic moment and affirmed that the two peoples have a long tradition of friendship and great potential to continue developing relations more strongly.
The Deputy Prime Minister hopes that the priority areas of cooperation between the two sides in the coming time will be economy - trade, national defense - security, energy, innovation, aviation, maritime security and safety. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy affirmed his support for creating favorable conditions for granting visas to highly skilled workers.
General Secretary To Lam hopes that the British Government leaders will soon visit Vietnam to enhance exchanges and promote cooperation. The General Secretary conveyed an invitation to the Deputy Prime Minister to visit Vietnam in the near future. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy happily accepted an early visit to Vietnam.
Before the meeting, General Secretary To Lam and the Deputy Prime Minister met with the Board of Directors of the Vietnam - UK Friendship Network chaired by Mr. Mark Kent - former British Ambassador to Vietnam.
The Vietnam - UK Friendship Network, established in 2013, is a gathering of organizations and individuals in the UK interested in Vietnam to promote cooperation between the two countries in many fields, including trade, education, exchange, culture, etc., contributing to enhancing understanding and friendship between people and agencies and organizations of the two countries.
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