In turn, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen applauded Egypt’s “Look East” policy, which aims to expand relations with Asian countries, including Viet Nam. Viet Nam-Egypt ties have been growing, especially since a visit to the Southeast Asian nation by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi last September, opening up development prospects for both sides.
He also highly valued the memorandum of understanding on cooperation for 2015-2020 signed between the Vietnamese Government Inspectorate and the ACA. The two countries have many conditions and opportunities to share experience, enhance mutual understanding and boost cooperation between their ministries and sectors.
Mr Tuyen also expressed his hope that the Egyptian delegation’s working visit will help strengthen partnerships between the two countries as well as between Egypt and HCM City in the fields that the African nation is strong at.
Currently, Egypt is the second biggest African trade partner of Viet Nam with bilateral trade reaching US$316 million in 2016.
By Vien Nhu