On April 2, at the Government headquarters, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Anatoly Sivak on the occasion of a visit and work in Vietnam, co-chaired the 16th Meeting of the Vietnam - Belarus Intergovernmental Committee on Economic - Trade and Scientific - Technical Cooperation, attending the Exhibition "Vietnam EXPO 2025" and the Vietnam - Belarus Business Forum in Hanoi.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam always appreciates the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Belarus, and expressed satisfaction with the positive developments in Vietnam - Belarus relations in recent times, especially in politics and diplomacy.
In order to effectively exploit the potential and strengths between the two countries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that the two sides continue to increase delegation exchanges, especially at high levels, and cooperation at multilateral forums; suggested that the two sides strive to promote bilateral economic and trade relations that are still modest compared to the potential and strengths, creating conditions for businesses of both sides to increase investment cooperation; effectively maintain the intergovernmental committee mechanism and develop specific action plans with more appropriate and effective approaches.
The Prime Minister suggested that the two sides continue to strengthen cooperation in other areas, including security and defense; information technology, digital transformation, clean energy, industry, agriculture, education - culture, promote cultural cooperation and people-to-people exchanges to enhance mutual understanding...
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the field of education and training is a traditional area of cooperation, suggesting that the two sides increase scholarship exchanges, especially in basic science, arts, and training high-quality human resources in industries in line with the world's development trend. The Prime Minister suggested that the two sides promote cooperation in automobile production, agricultural machinery manufacturing, and railway development.
Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Sivak expressed his pleasure at leading the high-ranking delegation of the Belarusese Government to Vietnam for the first time as Deputy Prime Minister, attending the bilateral Intergovernmental Committee Meeting and participating in many other important activities to promote cooperation between the two countries, especially in the fields of economy - trade and science - technology between Vietnam and Belarus.
Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak emphasized that Belarus highly appreciates Vietnam's role in Southeast Asia and Asia - Pacific; The senior leaders of Belarus are very interested and eager to promote cooperation in many fields with Vietnam, for sustainable development and practical benefits of the people of the two countries.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his agreement with the Prime Minister's assessments of bilateral relations and orientations to enhance cooperation in the coming time; said that the people of Belarus consider Vietnam a friendly country with many historical connections and wish to promote tourism cooperation with Vietnam.
The two sides agreed to direct ministries, branches, localities and enterprises of the two countries to actively implement agreements from recent visits, meetings and contacts between senior leaders of the two countries, as well as the outstanding results of the 16th Meeting of the Vietnam - Belarus Intergovernmental Committee on economic - trade and scientific - technical cooperation to further promote all aspects of cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus.
