President met with Prime Minister, Secretary General of the Communist Party and Speaker of the National Assembly of Vietnam

Today, in the framework of his official visit to Vietnam, President Serzh Sargsyan met with Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Speaker of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung.

At the meetings, the parties gave a high assessment to the results of President Sargsyan’s negotiations with the President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang and stressed the importance of the signed documents. They expressed confidence that the official visit of the President of Armenia will give a new impetus to the strengthening of bilateral relations, elevating the Armenian-Vietnamese relations to a new level.

The parties also stressed that although diplomatic relations between Armenia and Vietnam were established twenty years ago, the two friendly people have been maintaining contacts much earlier.

At the meeting with the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Serzh Sargsyan discussed a wide range of issues pertinent to the development of the economic relations. The interlocutors stressed the importance of the establishment of the Armenian-Vietnamese intergovernmental commission. They also spoke about the importance of the organization of business forums, exhibitions and contacts between the business circles of the two countries for a full realization of the economic potential, getting more information about the opportunities in the markets of the two countries and existing demand.

In the view of the fact that Armenia and Vietnam are members of the World Trade Organization and in their economic policies are guided by the same principles, President Sargsyan and the Prime Minister of Vietnam spoke about the possibilities of expanding bilateral cooperation and strengthening the Armenian-Vietnamese trade relations.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng assured that the Government of Vietnam will do its best to implement all agreements reached by the Presidents of Armenia and Vietnam.

At the meeting with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng discussed were issues related to the development of bilateral relations in different areas as well as establishment of working relations between the ruling parties of the two countries.

With the Speaker of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung, President Serzh Sargsyan discussed issues of the establishment and enhancement of the Armenian-Vietnamese interparliamentary relations and toward that end, creation in the parliaments of the two countries of the friendship groups.

Nguyen Sinh Hung congratulated President Sargsyan on the successful Parliamentary elections held on May 6 and victory of the party headed by the President and wished him every success.

In the evening the President of Vietnam gave an official dinner in honor of the President of Armenia.

Concluding the official meeting to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, tonight delegation headed by President Sargsyan will return to Yerevan.