PM Dung starts official visit to Haiti

VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday morning began his official visit to Haiti at the invitation of PM Laurent Lamothe.

March 28, 2014 7:43 PM GMT+7

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Haiti's PM Laurent Lamothe sign the joint communique during the latter's official visit to Viet Nam in December 2012

The two countries set up diplomatic ties on September 26, 1997. Haiti opened its Embassy in Ha Noi in December 2013.

The relations between the two countries have been deloping positively. Last year, PM Laurent Lamothe was the first Haiti’s high-ranking leader to pay an official visit to Viet Nam.

During the talks with the Vietnamese counterpart, the two PMs discussed measures to foster the bilateral ties, including the exchange of delegations at all levels and acceleration of cooperation in trade, telecommunication, agriculture, construction, food security, poverty reduction among others.

They also exchanged views on some regional and international issues of common concern, agreed to support each other at international organizations and multilateral forums for peace, stabibity and development in the world./.

By Hai Minh