On the afternoon of May 7 (local time), right after the talks, General Secretary To Lam and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev witnessed the handover ceremony of cooperation documents between Vietnam and Azerbaijan and spoke to the press.
According to VNA, documents include the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the Azerbaijan Energy Ministry exchanged a memorandum of cooperation in the field of energy; The Ministry of Defense of Vietnam and the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan handed over the cooperation letter between the two ministries; The Ministry of Justice of Vietnam and the Ministry of Justice Azerbaijan exchanged cooperation programs for the period 2025-2027.
The Vietnam National Industry - Energy Group and the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan exchanged Memorandums of Understanding in the fields of oil and gas exploration and exploitation, technical services and training.
Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company and the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan exchange a Memorandum of Understanding on long-term crude oil supply for Dung Quat Oil Refinery between Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company, Vietnam Oil Corporation and SOCAR Trading Singapore;
The Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the two ministries.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the two ministries.
Immediately afterwards, speaking to the press, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that at the talks, the two sides discussed many important issues and the signed documents showed that the two sides are making important strides towards the future.
General Secretary To Lam's state visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan this time and witnessing the exchange of cooperation documents shows the importance of bilateral cooperation, especially in potential areas such as education and logistics.
In the coming time, the two sides also agreed to expand cooperation not only in trade but also desire to cooperate in investment with each other; soon organize a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committees of the two countries to enhance the promotion of cooperation agreements between the two countries.
General Secretary To Lam said that the two sides have just had a very successful meeting and agreed on many strategic directions to develop bilateral relations in the coming time.
Based on the solid achievements and great potential for cooperation, the two sides agreed to sign a Joint Statement on the establishment of a Strategic Partnership, opening a new stage of development in bilateral relations.
In order to realize the contents of the joint statement, bringing bilateral relations into the new development era, the General Secretary said that the two sides agreed to 5 solutions, including increasing meetings and exchanging delegations at all levels, especially high levels on all channels of the Party, State, National Assembly and localities; Promoting the relationship between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the "New Azerbaijan" party as well as the political parties in Azerbaijan; effectively implement signed documents/agreements; Coordinate to effectively implement available cooperation mechanisms and research new cooperation mechanisms.
Promote substantive and comprehensive economic and trade cooperation through enhancing the effectiveness of the Intergovernmental Committee on economic - trade and scientific - technical cooperation, promoting trade, investment, connecting the business communities of the two countries; focusing on developing cooperation on the pillar of energy - oil and gas, researching and promoting cooperation in potential areas such as railway transport, sea, agriculture and processing and manufacturing industry...
The General Secretary affirmed with the high determination of the leaders and people of the two countries, firmly believing that the Vietnam -Azerbaijan strategic partnership will develop more and more strongly, for the benefit of the people of the two countries, for peace, stability, cooperation and common prosperity of the region and the world.
