President of Vietnam arrives in Belarus for official visit

26 июня 2017

Olesya Vysotskaya

Belarus and Vietnam are working hard to achieve rapprochement. And this is another step forward. The President of Vietnam arrived in Belarus for an official visit. Tran Dai Quang was elected to this post last year. Today, the leader of Vietnam held a meeting with the representatives of Belarus-Vietnam Friendship Society, as well as with the Vietnamese Diaspora and students.

The countries intend to increase the total turnover by almost 5 times. Despite the geographical distance, the countries are partners for 25 years in many spheres. And this is not only support on the world stage, within the framework of the UN and the Non-Aligned Movement. Relations are strengthened in the fields of economy, education, culture, tourism, security, communications and transport.

A new round of cooperation is observed after the exchange of visits at the highest level. Alexander Lukashenko visited Vietnam three times. Interaction in the context of "integration of integration" is one of the topics of the Belarusian-Vietnamese negotiations at the highest level.

Biotechnology, the creation of unmanned vehicles, joint space research, developments in the field of optical electronics and laser technologies. This is cooperation between Belarus and Vietnam, a new Asian dragon. According to experts' forecasts, by 2050 Vietnam will become the 22nd economy of the world - that is, it will come close to the threshold of "Big Twenty".

The program also provides for the participation of the Presidents in the opening of the Belarusian-Vietnamese business forum. The leader of Vietnam intends to visit a number of Belarusian enterprises and cultural sites.