ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan highly valued its relations with Vietnam and stressed to further strengthen trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
The President while talking to the outgoing Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Hoang Kim, President Alvi underlined the need to foster people-to-people contacts by promoting cooperation in the fields of tourism and education.
Dr Alvi said that Vietnamese investors needed to take advantage of Pakistan’s improved business environment as the country offered an on-arrival visa facility to Vietnamese nationals.
Highlighting the need to institutionalize high-level bilateral exchanges, Alvi said that the exchange of parliamentary delegations would open up new avenues of bilateral cooperation.
Pakistan admired the fast-paced economic growth of Vietnam and is also grateful for Vietnam’s support to the country to become a full dialogue partner with the Association of southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), he added.
The President congratulated Pham Hoang Kim on the successful completion of his tenure in Pakistan and lauded his efforts towards the promotion of bilateral ties between the two countries.
