Aquino To Sign 4 Accords In Vietnam
MANILA, Philippines ?At least four agreements will be signed during President Benigno S. Aquino III state visit in Vietnam from October 26 to 27 which is expected to enhance the country's bilateral cooperation and collaboration in higher education, defense and maritime affairs.
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary for Policy Erlinda Basilio in a briefing in Malacang said the agreements include the Memorandum of Agreement on Academic Cooperation, on Defense Cooperation, on Oil Spill Preparedness and Response, and on Search and Rescue at Sea.
The two-day state visit comes before the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings in Hanoi on the 28th to the 30th where President Aquino is expected to have bilateral meetings with the heads of states of among others,scarpe hogan, New Zealand, Australia, Russia, and Indonesia.
Basilio said the state visit at the invitation of Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet has a two-pronged objectives.
irst, it reinforces ASEAN's continuing relevance and centrality to the Philippines' foreign affairs,hogan, and second, it underscores the robust and dynamic bilateral relations between the Philippines and Vietnam,?she said.
President Aquino will have a bilateral meeting with the Vietnamese President and will also meet with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
As a state visit, there will be arrival honors for the President and the Philippine delegation, wreath laying activities at the Monument for National Heroes and Martyrs, and at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum,mbt zum Verkauf, and a State Banquet,christian louboutin soldes, where the President Aquino will make short toast remarks.
Mr. Aquino first visit to an ASEAN neighbor accords him the opportunity to meet with the business councils in Hanoi and expound on his administration's economic and fiscal policies.
He will also be meeting with representatives of the Filipino community in Hanoi.
They occupy high-level managerial and top executive positions in leading local and international companies, restaurants, hotels, food industry, garments/manufacturing sector,mbt zum Verkauf, and infrastructure projects.
The Philippines and Vietnam established bilateral relations on June 20 1976, and have set up consultative mechanisms in trade,mbt schuhe, ocean concerns, and in joint ocean and marine scientific research expedition in the South China Sea over the years.
Vietnam is the country's 14th bilateral trade partner and 12th biggest export market.
The two countries will commemorate the 35th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations next year.
In keeping with the government's austerity measures, only a small Philippine delegation will accompany President Aquino to Vietnam including representatives from the Department of National Defense, Trade and Industry, Finance, the Commission on Higher Education, the Philippine Coast Guard, the Presidential Management Staff,christian louboutin soldes, the Office of the President, and the DFA.
The Philippines is expected to push key initiatives on human rights, biodiversity, connectivity and culture during the ASEAN summit.
Under the summit theme owards an ASEAN Community: From Vision to Action,?the Philippines will work on how best the region can realize this ASEAN Community by 2015 in its three major pillars ?political-security, economic and socio-cultural, she said. Related articles：
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