Vietnamese Ambassador to Bangladesh Pham Viet Chien has pledged that his country will continue to work together with Bangladesh to achieve higher economic growth in line with the development goals of the two countries.
"I strongly believe Vietnam and Bangladesh will maintain a higher economic growth and keep moving towards realising the targets to be upper middle-income countries in 2030 and then developed high-income countries in early 2040," he said.
While speaking at the 77th Vietnamese National Day reception at a city hotel on Friday night, the ambassador said the two countries would continue to cooperate in living up to the dreams of the Fathers of Nations - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh.
He mentioned that like the 2030 and 2041 visions of the government of Bangladesh, the National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam set the national development goals for 2030 and 2045, reports UNB.
The envoy said Vietnam has been and will always be a friend, reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community.
"The government of Vietnam hopes to join hands with Bangladesh and other countries to address traditional and non-traditional security challenges, to work towards a peaceful world of more sustained, inclusive and humanistic development," he said.
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque spoke as the chief guest at the reception attended by politicians, diplomats, business leaders and cultural activists.
Razzaque laid emphasis on enhancing trade and investment relations between the two countries and sought market access of diversified products to Vietnam from Bangladesh.
He also sought Viet Nam's cooperation in resolving the Rohingya crisis, noting that not a single Myanmar's national had been repatriated. However, Bangladesh is taking the burden of 1.2 million Rohingya people.
The ambassador said the size and growth rate of the economy are soaring. "From a poor, least developed country, Vietnam has become a middle-income developing nation, with a population of nearly 100 million, enjoying per-capita income over US$3,500."
He said the government and people of Vietnam always keep in their hearts and treasure the invaluable companionship and fruitful cooperation that the government and people of Bangladesh, all foreign countries, international organisations and the international community have extended to Vietnam, during their struggle for independence in the past, as well as in our present cause of national defence and development.