Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Huy Dung has a working session with Governor of Luxor Mustafa Mohamed Alham Khaled on February 25, 2024. (Photo: VNA)

According to the ambassador, Vietnam and Egypthave great potential for cooperation in areas where both sides have strengths, such as agriculture, industry, garment and textile, logistics, aquaculture, tourism, and maritime economy.

The two countries are striving to raise bilateral trade to 1 billion USD in the coming time. The two sides agreed that Luxor and Ninh Binh should review and add more content of cooperation in the friendship and cooperative agreement between the two localities, and soon renew this document.

Ambassador Dung suggested the Egyptian locality strengthen cooperation with not only Ninh Binh but also other localities of Vietnam.

Alham Khaled said he hopes that Luxor and Ninh Binh will enhance cooperation in agriculture, education, and tourism. He also called on Vietnamese businesses to increase investment in industrial parks of Luxor.

The same day, the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and the Chamber of Commerce in Luxor jointly held a workshop to further promote cooperative relations in areas of economics, trade, investment, tourism, culture, agriculture, and education between the two countries, and their localities.