Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet receives Minister of State at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Colm Brophy in Hanoi. (photo: baoquocte.vn) |
Brophy expressed a desire to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in politics and diplomacy at multilateral forums, and in areas where the two sides have strengths and potential.
He spoke highly of the effective implementation of development aid projects funded by Ireland in localities of Vietnam.
Both sides agreed to strengthen coordination between the two foreign ministries in order to tighten political and economic ties; expand cooperation in priority areas such as climate change adaptation, renewable energy and hi-tech agriculture development, innovation, development cooperation, education - training, people-to-people exchange.