On the morning of February 25, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam received President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta on the occasion of the President attending the 2nd ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi (from February 25-26, 2025) - VNA reported.
General Secretary To Lam congratulated Timor-Leste on many important achievements in socio-economic development; believed that Timor-Leste will soon implement the "Strategic Development Plan for the period 2011-2030" with the determination to build a democratic country, actively integrating regionally and internationally.
President Jose Ramos-Horta affirmed that Timor-Leste attaches importance to and wishes to further promote the good friendship with Vietnam.
The two leaders expressed their satisfaction with the implementation of the results of the President's State visit: bilateral trade turnover in 2024 increased by 21.4% compared to 2023; The visa exemption agreement for people with diplomatic passports and official passports is effective; investment and business activities of Viettel Telecom Group (Telemor) have contributed positively to the economic and social development of Timor-Leste.
The two sides agreed to increase exchanges and contacts at high and all levels; move towards establishing new bilateral mechanisms, in line with cooperation needs between the two countries; effectively exploit the potential for cooperation in other important fields, especially agriculture, aquaculture, food processing, seafood, telecommunications, education, oil and gas, infrastructure construction, aviation, energy, education, culture, tourism and people-to-people exchange...
President Jose Ramos-Horta agreed to closely coordinate to create new changes in economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries; expand cooperation in areas with great potential such as investment, finance, agriculture, infrastructure construction, including industrial parks, airports, seaports, tourism, information and communication...; support Vietnam's proposal in cooperation, grasp and take advantage of new trends for development.
President Jose Ramos-Horta thanked and wished Vietnam to continue sharing experiences, supporting Timor-Leste in developing human resources, ensuring food security, eliminating hunger and reducing poverty.
General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated Timor-Leste's determination and efforts in implementing the Timor-Leste Roadmap to become a full member of ASEAN, affirming that Vietnam supports Timor-Leste to soon become a full member of ASEAN.
The President of Timor-Leste affirmed that Timor-Leste fully supports Vietnam's candidates in multilateral mechanisms, including United Nations agencies.
