Signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries' enterprises (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed a total of 26 cooperation documents worth billions of US dollars on October 31 during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s current visit to the UK, VOV reported.

The agreements cover a wide range of fields from trade, agriculture, energy, education, training to environmental protection and sports.

The 26 agreements included a Letter of Intent to join the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition, an Agreement on Cooperation to develop an action plan to strengthen linkages between the two countries higher education institutions, a Memorandum of Understanding on enhancing cooperation in education through the exchange of experiences and best strategic aspects, and a Cooperation Agreement to develop human resource training programs for the Ministry of Planning and Investment and support start-ups of Vietnam, said VNA.

Signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries' enterprises (Photo: VNA)

Among them were a US$400 million contract between Vietjet Air and Rolls-Royce to provide engines and engine services for wide-body aircraft, and a US$300 million sustainable development and climate change response program between HD Bank and Affinity Equity Partners.

EMG Education and Pearson Education inked a Memorandum of Understanding on comprehensive educational cooperation, while Vingroup and Raphael Labs penned an agreement on cooperation, development, investment, testing, and technology transfer for the production of Covid-19 drugs and other respiratory diseases.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is in the UK for a visit and the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26), witnessed the signing of these documents.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met the Vietnamese community in Ireland. (Photo: VNA)

Also on the same day, as a part of his trip, Chinh met the Vietnamese community in the UK. Representatives from the community expressed hope that the Vietnamese Government will continue to create favorable conditions for them to make contributions in brainpower and resources to the homeland's development. PM Chinh affirmed that the about 100,000-strong Vietnamese community in the UK has helped foster the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the UK.

The Government leader hailed the Vietnamese community in the United Kingdom for promoting solidarity and well integrating into the host country’s society despite the impacts of Covid-19. The Party and State share the difficulties that the community has faced amid the pandemic, he stated.

He said he hopes overseas Vietnamese in the UK will strengthen their solidarity to overcome difficulties, while abiding by the law of the host country and promoting the image of the nation and people of Vietnam to foreign friends, thus contributing to the development of the homeland, VNA cited.

Briefing the community on the situation in Vietnam and the country’s external policies, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underscored that the Party and State always pay great attention to and consider overseas Vietnamese an indispensable part of the nation and a resource of the country, as well as an important factor contributing to the partnership and friendship between Vietnam and other countries.

Any Vietnamese, living inside or outside the country, is treated equally in the same way, he stressed.

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