President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets new foreign ambassadors who come to present their credentials on September 8, 2022

At a meeting with new UK ambassador Iain Frew, President Phuc said he hopes the bilateral relationship will grow in the near future and bilateral trade will double during the ambassador’s term.

He said the Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement raised bilateral trade to 6.6 billion USD last year, up 18% against the previous year. The President asked the UK to support Vietnam in green finance, green technology, renewable energy development, and human resource training. The two countries should enhance cooperation in greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change adaptation, said the President.

Meeting Norwegian Ambassador Hilde Solbakken the same day, President Phuc urged him to work closely with Vietnam in trade promotion activities and encourage Norwegian investors to expand sustainable investment in Vietnam.

At a meeting with Danish Ambassador Nicolai Prytz, President Phuc asked Denmark to boost cooperation with Vietnam in climate change adaptation and energy development.

While receiving Ambassador of the Czech Republic Hynek Kmonicek the President urged the two countries to raise bilateral trade which totaled 734 million USD last month. He called on the ambassador to support a direct air route between the two countries.