(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received outgoing Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen in Hanoi on Thursday, saying his contributions to bilateral ties over the past four years have been highly appreciated.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen (Source: VNA)

He suggested accelerating the approval of the Vietnam-EU Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (PCA) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Dung asked the EU to recognize Vietnam as a market economy and requested stronger cooperation across economics, trade, investment, tourism, development assistance, and regional and global issues. 

Meeting new Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Csaba Ory the same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked for strengthening bilateral ties in economics, trade, investment, and tourism while agreeing with his guest’s proposal to promote collaboration across culture, arts, television, and people-to-people exchange for enhanced mutual understanding between the two peoples.
Mr. Dung asked for Hungary’s support to soon finalize the PCA and complete negotiations for a Free-Trade Agreement between the two countries.