(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed Ali in Hanoi on Tuesday, expressing his belief that the Ethiopian Prime Minister's official visit will help tighten the friendship and usher in a new stage of substantive and effective cooperation between the two countries for the sake of their peoples.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali held talks. (Photo: VOV) |
The two PMs agreed to create a favorable legal corridor for economic ties and discuss and introduce investment projects in various promising sectors such as telecommunications, digital transformation, cybersecurity, mining, industrial and consumer goods production, processing industry, agricultural export, civil construction, infrastructure development, education and training, health care, and tourism.
PM Chinh called on Ethiopia to support Vietnam in strengthening ties with the African Union (AU) and countries in Eastern Africa. He also pledged Vietnam's support for Ethiopia’s organization of the P4G Summit in 2027.
The two sides underscored the importance of the East Sea and the Red Sea to international navigation and agreed on the need to resolve disputes by peaceful means in accordance with international law, helping to maintain peace, stability, security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight in these regions.
Following the talks, the PMs witnessed the signing of several cooperation documents in education and trade.
On the occasion, the Vietnamese side handed over an official letter of approval that permits Ethiopian Airlines to open a direct air route connecting the two capitals.