LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh have agreed to increase their cooperation in the case of agriculture.
During a bilateral assembly right here, the Philippines and Vietnam additionally vowed to strengthen their partnership in the case of commerce and funding, tourism, in addition to protection and safety.
Marcos highlighted the flourishing commerce between the 2 international locations, significantly in agricultural merchandise, noting that this has been a vital a part of the nation’s meals provide.
“I think that the market is ripe for continued development in the areas of course as I mention, in agriculture, transfer of technologies for climate change, the different areas that we have been looking at also at specific products that Vietnam has been successful at,” Marcos stated.
The Philippine chief additionally acknowledged that the ties between the 2 international locations improved with the assistance of the personal sector. He stated it’s time for each governments to meet up with the personal sector and “strengthen our relationship to be beyond just in trading in rice.”
Marcos additionally stated he sees Vietnam as an necessary associate in the case of rehabilitating the Philippine tourism sector following the lockdowns made because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“So I think that this is an important area to… for us to develop stronger relations. Because that is the way that we will derive strength from each other, from ASEAN, from our member states, from also our agreements that we make between the two countries,” he stated.
“I think is something that we, the Philippines, are ready to initiate and we will after this start to make contact especially between our foreign service and eventually maybe even with our military leaders,” Marcos added.
For his half, Pham promised to work with the Philippines relating to commerce promotion, which goals to proceed diversifying provide chains and commerce between the 2 international locations.
“When it comes to products… we can afford to provide a long term strategic supply to the Philippines, to continue to try to do so by tasking with the ministries and agencies to work on said matters because we do have great empathy with sympathy for the Philippines, in the natural disaster that they often have to come across,” Pham stated.
“And if you can ensure a long term strategic cooperation in the provision of such goods both and ensure stability both in terms of the goods themselves and have their price, that would help us to be better resilient to external shocks in the years to come,” he added.
The Vietnamese chief additionally requested for the Philippines’ assist for Vietnam’s candidacy to numerous United Nations-led organizations, together with the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Security Council, the Presidency of the 91st session of the United Nations General Assembly, in addition to the UN Commission on International Trade. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
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