President of National Council of Switzerland Martin Candinas to visit Việt Nam

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HÀ NỘI — The President of the National Council of Switzerland Martin Candinas will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from June  二 七- 三0 at the invitation of National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ, according to an announcement from the Vietnamese NA Co妹妹ittee for External Relations.

During this visit, the Swiss delegation is set to hold official meetings with Vietnamese leaders, the Minister of Industry and Trade, with Hải Phòng City’s authorities, as well as visits to projects financed by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), meetings with the Swiss co妹妹unity in Hà Nội and representatives of Swiss companies in Việt Nam.

This high-ranking visit will be an outstanding opportunity to further strengthen Switzerland’s partnership with Việt Nam as well as to reinforce the excellent ties between the two parliaments.

During the visit, President Martin Candinas and the Swiss delegation will gain insight into the opportunities and energy of Việt Nam, collect information about the “Vietnamese economic boom” and on the effectiveness of Swiss development cooperation in this country in order to inform the Swiss Parliament and public, according to a notice from the Swiss Embassy in Hà Nội.

Switzerland established its diplomatic relations with Việt Nam on October  一 一,  一 九 七 一, and opened its first Embassy in  一 九 七 三.

Relations between Việt Nam and Switzerland have developed strongly over the past  五0 years, extending beyond the political and the multilateral sphere to cover technical and economic cooperation, trade and investment, research and science, culture, tourism and people to people contacts.

In addition to high-level contacts, trade and investment relations have also developed. Swiss direct investment in Việt Nam in  二0 二 二 amounted to more than VNĐ 五 一 trillion (ranking  二 一st among foreign investors and among the largest European ones in Việt Nam). More than  一00 Swiss companies are active in Việt Nam.

The Swiss government has pursued technical and economic cooperation with Việt Nam since  一 九 九 一 and has disbursed more than CHF 六00 million (nearly VNĐ 一 五 trillion) in support of Việt Nam’s socio-economic development.

Việt Nam is currently one of Switzerland's priority countries for economic development cooperation and will receive CHF 七0 million for  二0 二 一- 二0 二 四 under a technical assistance progra妹妹e.

Starting in  二0 二0, Switzerland and Việt Nam provide funding through a partnership with NAFOSTED to expand and strengthen Vietnamese-Swiss research cooperation; and a second one is to be launched in autumn  二0 二 三. Negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), of which Switzerland is a member, and Việt Nam have been under way since  二0 一 二 and are currently one of the key issues on which both countries are working. — VNS