Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives the UAE's Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei in Hanoi on March 28 (Photo: VNA)

At a meeting with Minister of Energy and Industry of the UAE Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei in Hanoi on March 28, Mr. Trong affirmed that with efforts exerted by both sides, the friendship and economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries will develop more dynamically and efficiently.  

The minister, who is on a working visit to Vietnam on March 27-28, handed over a letter from UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan inviting Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong to pay an official visit to the UAE and attend the 24th World Energy Congress scheduled for September 2019 in Abu Dhabi.
He briefed his host on the results of his talks with the Minister of Trade and expressed his wish to step up the economic cooperation between the two countries, particularly in energy.
The Vietnamese leader suggested the two countries share information, establish channels to promptly provide information for the business circles, and encourage businesspeople to participate in trade fairs, expos, seminars, and business forums held in the respective countries, thus working towards a two-way trade value of 10 billion USD by 2020.