Nepali Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli (second, left) is welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 9 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli began his officialvisit to Vietnam on May 9, during which he will attend the UN 𒊎Day of Vesak 2019.
Accompany him in thefour-day visit are Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Advisors to the PMBishnu Prasad Rimal and Rajan Bhattarai, and Nepali Ambassador to ThailandKhaganath Adhikari, among others.
Vietnam and Nepal setup their diplomatic relations on May 15, 1975 and have maintained soundrelations in many areas. The two sides have regularly exchanged delegations invarious areas from politics to trade.
Over the past 44years, Vietnam has offered support to Nepal, including 50,000 USD in aid tohelp it deal with earthquake consequences in 2015. Nepal has supported Vietnamin citizen protection. The two sides are working together on the signing of anagreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders.
The two countries havesupported and collaborated with each other at multilateral and internationalforums. Cultural and tourism cooperation as well as people-to-people exchangehave been strengthened.
However, economic andtrade cooperation between Vietnam and Nepal has remained modest. By September2018, two-way trade reached only 38 million USD. Vietnam mostly exported toNepal peppercorn and plastic products, while importing garment-textilematerials, leather, and footwear. Currently, the Viettel MilitaryIndustry-Telecommunication Group is exploring investment opportunities inNepal.
The visit takes placein the context of smooth developments in the traditional friendship betweenVietnam and Nepal, especially collaboration through the Party channel andeconomic-trade partnership.
Vesak 2019, or the16th UN Day of Vesak, will be celebrated at the Tam Chuc Buddhism CultureCentre in Kim Bang district of northern Ha Nam province from May 12-14.-VNA
Vietnamese Ambassador to India, Nepal and Bhutan Pham Sanh Chau presented a letter of credentials to Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu on March 18.
The Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli, and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the UN Day of Vesak 2019 to be held in the country from May 9 to 13 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The upcoming visit of Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his spouse to Vietnam and his attendance at the UN Day of Vesak 2019 from May 9-12 is expected to contribute to boosting friendship between the two nations in the future.
Describing the exhibition as a large-scaled, content-rich, and unprecedented event with high requirements and limited preparation time, PM Pham Minh Chinh urged all ministries, sectors, and localities to participate with the highest sense of responsibility, ensuring the exhibition is inclusive, objective, truthful, feasible, and impactful.
Vietnam’s attendance reaffirms its consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification, and comprehensive, intensive, extensive and effective international integration.
Cheng stressed that this is third time PM Chinh has attended the meeting and he is among the few senior government officials participating in this year's event, which is considered as a rare and commendable gesture.
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
This new era marks a crucial phase in which the country must strive with determination to fulfil its strategic objectives, achieving breakthrough development at new levels of sophistication, quality, and global standing, laying the foundation for further growth. Era after era forms a continuous history of development, ascending steadily from one level to the next.
The resolution on such mechanisms aims to serve as a legal basis for opportunely dealing with difficulties and hindrances caused by legal regulations in important, priority, and urgent areas that require immediate settlement so as to unlock resources, facilitate economic development, and turn legislation into a competitive edge.
PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Nepali Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli (second, left) is welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 9 (Photo: VNA)
