Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets leaders of countries and international organizations

On the occasion of attending the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the morning of December 1 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had bilateral meetings with senior leaders of countries and international organizations such as the Netherlands, Denmark, UAE, Norway, Mongolia, Zambia, India, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair - Special Climate Envoy of US President John Kerry...

At the meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the online meeting between the two Prime Ministers on November 2, in which the two sides adopted a Joint Statement on Establishing a Comprehensive Green Strategic Partnership.

The Prime Minister thanked the Danish Government for creating favorable conditions for the LEGO Group to invest in Vietnam, and hoped that the two countries would continue to promote investment and trade cooperation. He also asked Denmark to increase support for Vietnam in terms of technology, capital, and sharing experiences in institutional reform.

Meanwhile, the Danish Prime Minister highly appreciated Vietnam-Denmark cooperation, especially in responding to climate change, combined with ensuring food security, and welcomed Vietnam's strong commitments to emission reduction.

The two leaders agreed to direct relevant agencies to synchronously deploy measures to further deepen and effectively develop bilateral relations.

At the meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his pleasure to meet Mr. Mark Rutte again in the context of the Vietnam-Netherlands comprehensive partnership being on a good development path.

For his part, Prime Minister Mark Rutte reiterated his deep impression of his recent visit to Vietnam, especially the fact that the two Prime Ministers participated in a cycling activity, a symbolic activity demonstrating the two leaders' commitment to environmental protection and climate change response; and agreed to continue promoting the effective implementation of high-level agreements reached during the visit.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte appreciated the Vietnamese Government for creating favorable conditions for Dutch businesses to operate and invest in Vietnam; affirmed his readiness to strengthen cooperation and support Vietnam in responding to climate change, developing agriculture and high technology. Prime Minister Mark Rutte affirmed that he will actively promote the early ratification of the Vietnam-European Union Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

At the meeting with UAE Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the development of Vietnam-UAE relations and hoped that the two countries would further strengthen trade and investment cooperation and soon sign the Vietnam-UAE Free Trade Agreement (CEPA); asked the UAE to share experiences and support Vietnam in building an international financial center, and promote UAE investment funds to invest in Vietnam.

The UAE Prime Minister shared his good impressions of his visit to Vietnam 20 years ago, expressed his wish to visit Vietnam again soon; affirmed that the UAE highly values ​​multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam, and agreed with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's proposals on promoting relations, especially the early signing of the CEPA agreement.

Crown Prince of Dubai Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum expressed his wish to visit Vietnam soon, share his impressions of the famous quality of Vietnamese coffee products, and is willing to exchange and share experiences in building the Dubai Financial Center.

At the meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, the two leaders highly appreciated the results of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan's recent visit to Norway and agreed to promote the agreements reached during the visit.

The Norwegian Prime Minister proposed strengthening relations between the business communities of the two countries, agreed to expand cooperation in all fields, and highly appreciated the contributions of the Vietnamese community in Norway to the economy and society of the host country.

The Norwegian Prime Minister highly appreciated Vietnam's energy transition efforts and affirmed that Norway is ready to support Vietnam, especially in developing renewable energy and clean energy storage batteries; and agreed with the Prime Minister's proposal on strengthening cooperation in the fields of labor, education and training.

At a meeting with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the Mongolian President's recent visit to Vietnam and suggested that the two countries step up the implementation of important agreements reached during the visit.

President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh expressed his deep impression of the visit to Vietnam, thanked the leaders of the Party, State and Government of Vietnam for their warm welcome and agreed to make joint efforts to implement agreements, strengthen cooperation between the two countries, especially connecting road and air transport and promoting trade.

At a meeting with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam highly values ​​the friendly relationship with Zambia and hopes that the two countries will strengthen multifaceted cooperation.

The Zambian President highly appreciated Vietnam's socio-economic development achievements in recent times, agreed that the two countries need to strengthen cooperation, including tripartite cooperation in agriculture, and hoped that Vietnam would share experiences in development, procedural reform, and public service provision.

The President of Zambia thanked the invitation and expressed his wish to visit Vietnam soon, and respectfully invited Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to pay an official visit to Zambia.

The two leaders agreed to strengthen close coordination at multilateral forums, promote South-South cooperation, promote fairness and justice, and ensure the interests of developing countries.

Expressing his pleasure at meeting again with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the IMF for its active support in Vietnam's socio-economic development and invited Ms. Kristalina Georgieva to visit Vietnam soon.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva highly appreciated Vietnam's outstanding development efforts in recent times and said that the IMF is expected to raise Vietnam's economic growth forecast in the coming period; affirmed that she will soon visit Vietnam.

The two sides shared the view that the international community needs to increase consensus, strengthen solidarity, and expand cooperation to ensure the interests of the people.

At a meeting with WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam has always been proactive and active in promoting international integration, especially in economics and trade, and has actively participated in and contributed to WTO activities.

The Prime Minister proposed that the WTO strengthen cooperation and support Vietnam in trade-related issues and study how to handle the increasing imposition of trade defense measures, including the imposition of carbon tax.

WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emphasized that Vietnam is a successful model in leveraging the benefits of trade for development, and wishes to share Vietnam's lessons with other countries, especially African countries.

Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala fully shared the proposals of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and affirmed that the WTO shares Vietnam's difficulties and will actively cooperate and accompany Vietnam in the process of socio-economic development.

At a meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed the importance of the Vietnam-UK Strategic Partnership and highly appreciated the positive development of the two countries' relations in recent times.

The Prime Minister asked Mr. Tony Blair to continue to pay attention to consulting and supporting Vietnam in development issues, especially energy transition and climate change response.

Mr. Tony Blair reiterated his good impressions of the country and people of Vietnam and agreed to support and provide strategic advice to relevant agencies of Vietnam, thereby contributing to promoting the development of bilateral relations between Vietnam and the UK.

Expressing his pleasure at meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi again, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the development steps of the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Prime Minister congratulated India on its impressive achievements in recent times, especially in space science, and expressed his wish that India would strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, including human resource training and technology transfer.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed that Vietnam is a particularly important partner of India, agreeing with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's proposal that agencies of the two countries need to study and discuss the possibility of negotiating a free trade agreement between the two countries.

Prime Minister Modi said that with its high capacity in semiconductor chip production, India is ready to cooperate and support Vietnam in building human resources in this field, as well as in the technology sector in general.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his pleasure at meeting again with US President John Kerry's special climate envoy and appreciated the important developments in Vietnam-US relations, especially US President Joe Biden's visit to Vietnam last September and the two countries' establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership framework for peace, cooperation and development.

The Prime Minister informed Special Envoy John Kerry about Vietnam's efforts in the energy transition, especially the Power Plan VIII, green energy strategy, offshore wind power development, and the implementation of the project to develop 1 million hectares of high-quality and low-emission rice cultivation areas...

Mr. John Kerry affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of the United States in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions, agreeing that the two countries need to promote the implementation of agreements in the Joint Statement between the two countries last September, including the fields of climate change response and energy transition.