From July 1 to July 3, Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu presented his Letter of Credentials to the President and paid a working visit to the Marshall Islands.

Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu  presents his credentials

Vietnam attaches much importance to the cooperation ties with the Republic of the Marshall Islands which was set up on July 1, 1992, Ambassador to the Pacific Ocean country Pham Quang Hieu has affirmed.

Presenting his credentials to President of the host country Hilda Heine, the Vietnamese diplomat expressed his hope that the two nations will intensify cooperation in the areas of trade-investment, fisheries, agriculture, tourism, health care, and climate change response, among others.

He took the occasion congratulated Heine on her recent re-election as the President of the nation earlier this year, and the country on its successful organisation of the Micronesian games on June 15-24.

He conveyed greetings from State President To Lam to her, and said he wishes that she will visit Vietnam soon.

President, Dr. Hilda Heine received Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu.

The host spoke highly of the bilateral ties over the past years, saying she hopes that the two countries will continue extensive collaboration in the domains of mutual interest such as economy, fisheries, environmental protection, and prevention of global warming.

Đại sứ chào xã giao Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao và Thương mại Kalani Kaneko.

As part of his working trip in the nation from July 1 to 3, Hieu made a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kalani Kaneko, during which both sides exchanged views on the bilateral cooperation in the international arena, and affirmed that they treasure the sound bilateral ties, especially the coordination and support that they have given each other at the multilateral forums, including the UN.

Hieu expressed his wish that the two nations will step up delegation exchanges and arrangement of meetings between high-ranking leaders in the coming time.

They agreed to consider the establishment of cooperation mechanisms, signing of agreements in areas of the two nations’ strengths such as trade-investment, fisheries, agriculture, tourism and health care, among others.

Kaneko sad he hopes that the Vietnamese Government will send experts to the Marshall Islands to help it develop agriculture, health care and tourism.

The Ambassador paid a courtesy call to Speaker of Nitijela Brenson Wase

Hieu also had a meeting with Speaker of the Parliament (Nitijela) Brenson Wase, during which the two sides reached consensus on promoting delegation exchange to improve mutual understanding and solidarity between the two peoples.

Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment and Assistant to the President Brimity Lakjohn

At a courtesy call with the Minister of Environment and Assistant to the President Brimity Lakjohn, the two sides agreed that Vietnam and the Marshall Islands are countries seriously affected by natural disasters and climate change and that Vietnam will clearly understand negative impacts from global warming and rising sea levels on South Pacific countries.Both sides hope that the two countries will cooperate closely on this issue both bilaterally and multilaterally to improve capacity and access to financial sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to change. climate, contributing to economic growth and sustainable development in the region.Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu said that the two countries attach importance to the implementation of many strong measures to cope with climate change in recent times, in which Vietnam and Marshall Island both have national strategies on change. climate to 2050.

Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu paid a courtesy call on Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Industry and Trade Tony Muller.

At the meeting with Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Industry and Trade Tony Muller, Minister Muller assessed that Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in the Asian region, and hoped that Vietnam would support and share Share experiences with the Marshall Islands in health, tourism, and agriculture.Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu affirmed that the Vietnamese Government supports and encourages businesses of the two countries to connect and do business and proposed that the two countries seek opportunities for trilateral cooperation in the fields of health and agriculture...

In an exchange with Mr. Carlos Dominick, Director of the Office of Trade, Investment and Tourism, the two sides agreed on the need to promote forms of information sharing and introduction to the country such as: organizing seminars in the form of online form for Vietnamese businesses and Marshall Islands businesses; Propose sending delegations to survey and learn about each other's markets.

On July 3, the Ambassador had a meeting with the Honorary Consul of Vietnam in the Marshall Islands and visited a number of economic, tourist and school establishments in the Marshall Islands.