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Vietnamese President Concludes Three-Day State Visit
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse, Nguyen Thi Hien walk past the static guard at th e International Brunei Airport yesterday following a three-day state visit. Also seen are Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, the Minister of Education and spouse. | INFOFOTO
August 29th, 2016 | 06:59 AM | 1897 views
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse, Nguyen Thi Hien yesterday left the Sultanate following a three-day state visit, as they made their way to their next destination Singapore.
The president was met at the airport by Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, the Minister of Education and spouse together with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Vietnamese Embassy in Brunei Darussalarn and the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
Prior to the departure, the president attended a breakfast meeting with the Brunei business community at The Empire Hotel & Country Club followed by witnessing of the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Economic and Trade Cooperation and on Cultural Cooperation.
The president also took time off from his busy schedule to visit the Royal Regalia Building in the capital.
Brunei Darussalàm and Vietnam established diplomatic ties on February 29, 1992 and since then, both countries have seen regular exchange visits and high-ranking meetings.
Bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation between both countries has made big strides with two-way trade jumping from $24.2 million in 2010 to $73.7 million in 2015. The figure has already hit $17 million as of June 2016.
Vietnam mainly exports seafood and rice to Brunei while importing chemicals from the country.
As of June 2016, Brunei has run 205 projects valued at more than $2.18 billion in Vietnam, ranking 18th out of 116 countries and territories investing in the country and fourth among other Asean investors, behind Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
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