Former Argentine Ambassador To Vietnam Honored With Friendship Order

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh, empowered by the State President of Vietnam, on March 26 presented a Friendship Order to former Ambassador of Argentina to Vietnam Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh, as vietnamplus reported.

Speaking at the handover ceremony held at the embassy's headquarters, Thanh said the noble award showed the Vietnamese State's recognition of the Argentine diplomat's important contributions to building, strengthening and developing the traditional cooperation between the governments and people of the two countries.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh (right) presents the Friendship Order to Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh, former Ambassador of Argentina to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

During his tenure in Vietnam from 2017 to 2020, Raleigh made many contributions to further enhancing the bilateral relationship, and at the same time opened up new development directions with many high-level visits, especially President Mauricio Macri's official visit to Vietnam in early 2019. He also helped to promote economic and trade relations between the two countries.

Thanh expressed his hope that in any position, Raleigh will continue contributing to the development of the comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Argentina.

He said that his three-year tenure in Vietnam was a memorable and proud time, adding that he always remembers the affection and warmth of the Vietnamese people.

As nhandan reported, Raleigh contributed the good results he achieved during his term to the valuable and timely support of Vietnamese authorised agencies, showing their enthusiasm and respect for the bilateral relationship.

Raleigh expressed his gratitude to leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam, saying this was not only an honour for him but also reflected the fruitful cooperative relationship between the two nations.

Argentinian ambassador to Vietnam Luis Pablo María Beltramino presented the Letter of Credence to Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 20. Photo: VNA

According to Vietnam Investment Review, Argentina was one of three Latin American countries, together with Cuba and Chile, to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam before 1975. The bilateral diplomatic ties were set up on October 25, 1973.

Argentina is now Vietnam’s third largest trade partner in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico, with two-way trade reaching 3.95 billion USD in 2020, an increase of 4.3 percent from the previous year.

In 2021, Argentinian ambassador to Vietnam Luis Pablo María Beltramino expressed his hope that the bilateral relations would be upgraded to the strategic partnership from the current status of comprehensive partnership, which was set up 11 years ago.

The ambassador said he would do his best to contribute to upgrading the ties, especially in the context that the two countries will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties in October 2023, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh (second from left) visits Rio Grande industrial park in Tierra del Fuego province. (Photo: VNA)

Economic ties show improvements as Argentina is ready to diversify products to meet Vietnam’s demand while the Southeast Asian country offers a wider range of items like technology, textile-garment, and footwear.

Regarding technology cooperation, the ambassador highlighted areas that are strengths of Argentina, including hi-tech and satellite services supporting the study of soils, meteorology, and agricultural production efficiency.

As Hanoi Times reported, in culture and sports relations, the ambassador shared an idea to promote cooperation in football and suggested football players from Argentina would open training courses in Vietnam while the Southeast Asian country would assist Argentina in developing badminton, one of the popular sport games in Vietnam.

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