Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang  and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi exchanged specific measures to enhance the bilateral cooperation in wide-ranging fields during their talks in Hanoi on September 6.

President Tran Dai Quang (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi chaired the international press conference 

The Vietnamese President informed the media about the results of his talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, emphasising the importance of the guest’s State visit, which is the first of its kind since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1963.

The visit demonstrates the determination of Egypt to further deepen its traditional friendship and cooperation with Vietnam over the past decades, he said.

Politically, the two Presidents affirmed to provide mutual support for the prosperity of their people as well as regional and global peace.

They agreed to increase all-level delegation exchanges, especially among high-ranking officials, while strengthening coordination at regional and international forums of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, and Francophone International Organization.

The two leaders evaluated that the economic cooperation opportunities between Vietnam and Egypt are huge and supplementary. 

They showed strong determination to increase two-way trade to 1 billion USD in the future and pledged to create all favourable conditions for businesses to run investment in the fields of their strengths such as telecommunication, information technology, seaport, shipbuilding, consumer production, agriculture, and farm produce processing.

Vietnam is committed to facilitating the entry of Egyptian goods in Vietnam and welcomes the Egyptian President’s support for the import of Vietnamese products, President Quang said.

He said that the signing of the minutes of the Vietnam-Egypt Intergovernmental Committee’s fifth meeting and other cooperation deals in investment, culture, tourism, transportation, fisheries and land use during the Egyptian President’s visit will help complete a legal framework for bilateral partnership in the future.

He expressed belief that with the firm foundation of the 54-year ties, as well as high collaboration potential and efforts of the two sides, the traditional friendship and all-round affiliation between the two countries will expand in an intensive and effective manner.

For his part, Egyptian President Abdel Fattal el-Sisi noted that Egypt and Vietnam have enjoyed close relations in politics, economics and culture.

He affirmed that Egypt wishes to beef up win-win economic partnership between the two countries.

Highlighting measures to balance trade between the two countries, the Egyptian leader briefed on Egypt’s major projects that aim to create a good environment for investment and technology attraction, especially the Suez Canal area development project.

Egypt hopes for new prospects in bilateral cooperation, meeting the aspiration of both Vietnamese and Egyptian people.

On the occasion, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi invited President Tran Dai Quang to visit Egypt at a convenient time to continue efforts to strengthen bilateral partnership.

Vietnam, Egypt seal cooperation agreements

Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hold talks in Hanoi on September 6 

Vietnam and Egypt struck a number of cooperation agreements under the witness of Presidents Tran Dai Quang and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi after their talks in Hanoi on September 6.

The two countries signed the minutes of the Vietnam-Egypt Intergovernmental Committee’s fifth meeting.

The Ministries of Industry and Trade signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishing a trade and industry cooperation sub-committee, while the Ministries of Transport inked a MoU on marine transport collaboration.

A MoU was also inked between Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and Egypt’s national radio broadcaster. 

Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism agreed to implement a tourism cooperation programme in 2017-2019 and a cultural partnership programme in 2017-2021. 

Memoranda of Understanding on cooperation were also reached by Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment and Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation; and Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment and Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation obtained a MoU on fishery cooperation.

Egypt has been the second largest trade partner of Vietnam in Africa, with two-way trade hitting 316 million USD in 2016. Vietnam exported seafood, automobile spare parts, fabric, black peppercorn, coffee, rubber and other consumer goods to Egypt and imported mainly chemicals, oil products, milk and dairy products, and fibres.

President Tran Dai Quang (R) welcomes his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Hanoi on September 6 The two leaders at the official welcoming ceremony for the Egyptian President Presidents Tran Dai Quang ​and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi review the guard of honour President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's State visit is the first-ever ​trip to Vietnam by an Egyptian leader Presidents Tran Dai Quang (R) ​and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  Presidents Tran Dai Quang (R) ​and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have a meeting before ​bilateral talks The talks between the Vietnamese and Egyptian leaders on September 6 Presidents Tran Dai Quang and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi witness the signing of cooperation agreements after their talks The Presidents of Vietnam and Egypt chair a press conference to inform the outcomes of their talks The Egyptian delegation lays a wreath at the War Memorial in Hanoi  President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi lays a wreath and pays tribute to Vietnam's late President Ho Chi Minh President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the Vietnamese late leader's mausoleum in Hanoi

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