Celebrating 50yrs of diplomatic ties
Commemorating the 50 years of diplomatic relationships between Bangladesh and Vietnam, Vietnamse ambassador to Bangladesh Pham Viet Chien and embassy officials yesterday laid floral wreaths at the Bangabandhu Memorial and visited the museum at Dhanmondi 32.
They paid respect to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who laid the cornerstone for the establishment and development of the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Marking the event, Ambassador Chien in a statement said over the last 50 years, the excellent traditional friendship between Vietnam and Bangladesh have been consolidated and strengthened on the basis of historical similarities and shared values of independence, peace, cooperation and development.
Bilateral multi-faceted cooperation in various fields has been bolstered to be more intensive, substantive and effective. Bangladesh has been the second largest trading partner of Vietnam in South Asia.
"Remarkably, 2021 was the first time that the two-way trade turnover surpassed 1 billion USD, and approached 1.5 billion USD in 2022, recording an impressive 75-fold growth in the last 20 years and a 4-fold increase in the last 10 years," Pham Viet Chien said.
"I believe Bangladesh and Vietnam will move toward realising their visions to become upper-middle income countries by 2030 and developed nations in the early 2040s, living up to the dreams of President Ho Chi Minh and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman."
Vietnam and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations on February 11, 1972. The Embassy of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam in Dhaka was opened on February 18, 1974. (After Vietnam's reunification in 1976, it was turned into the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Dhaka).
The Bangladesh embassy in Hanoi was opened in November 1993 while the first Foreign Office Consultation was held in Dhaka on August 2017.
Bilateral meeting between President of Vietnam, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, on the sideline of 76th session of UN General Assembly in New York was held in September 2021.
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