PM busy on sidelines of regional summits

VGP – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc had working breakfast with counterparts from Laos and Cambodia and met with Myanmar President Win Myint and ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on the sidelines of the regional summits in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.

June 16, 2018 7:22 PM GMT+7

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and counterparts from Laos and Cambodia at the working breakfast in Bangkok, Thailand on June 16, 2018. Photo: VGP

At the working breakfast, PM Phuc, Lao PM Thongloun Sisoulith, and Cambodian PM Samdech Techo Hun Sen discussed measures to strengthen cooperation between the three countries, especially in the domain of transport infrastructure connectivity and human resource development.

Viet Nam is ready to assist Laos and Cambodia in workforce training in a bid to narrow development gap with other ASEAN member countries, PM Phuc asserted.

At his meeting with Myanmar President Win Myint, the two leaders expressed their pleasure at the advancement of the two countries’ relations over the past time, underling that the establishment of Viet Nam-Myanmar comprehensive partnership has opened up a new chapter for bilateral cooperatin.

The two leaders agreed to actively deploy the agreements reached during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Myanmar in August 2017 and State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Viet Nam in April this year.

PM Phuc suggested Myanmar continue facilitating Vietnamese investors’ operations, particularly in such fields like telecommunication, finance-banking, real estate among others in order to contribute to socio-economic development in Myanmar.

Both sides agreed to foster coordination within ASEAN-led mechanisms and other sub-region mechanisms including ACMECS in favor of peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

PM Phuc took the occasion to repeat his invitation to President Win Myint to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Viet Nam in September and pay an official visit to the country.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi in Bangkok, Thailand on June 16, 2018. Photo: VGP

Meeting with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi, PM Phuc highly valued the role played by the ASEAN Secretariat in advancing development gap reduction between the CLMV countries and other ASEAN ones.

He extended invitation to the ASEAN Secretary-General to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Ha Noi this September and the latter gladly accepted the invitation.

The same day, PM Phuc also received leaders of Thailand’s enterprises operating in Viet Nam./.

By Thuy Dung