Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS Summit in Kazan city, Russia on October 23 evening (local time), according to a report from the Government News.

During the meeting, PM Chinh recalled his good impressions during his official visit to Turkey in November last year.

He congratulated on Turkey's recent socio-economic achievements, expressing his belief that Turkey will successfully realize its century vision under the leadership of President Erdogan.

The Vietnamese leader affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to the friendship and fine cooperation between the two countries, calling on Turkish investors to step up investments Vietnam.

President Erdogan, for his part, extended congratulations to Vietnam's newly-elected President Luong Cuong.

He appreciated Vietnam's support for Turkey to have become a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN.

The Turkish President expressed his sympathies over the huge losses and damages caused by Typhoon Yagi.

The two leaders showed their delight at the positive developments in the Vietnam-Turkey relations and agreed to strengthen high-level exchanges and contacts to further heighten and deepen the bilateral ties.

Both sides agreed to double effort to soon raise the two-way trade to $4 billion and work together to formulate new frameworks to further facilitate trade and investment cooperation.

The two leaders agreed to expand cooperation to other fields, including defense, and facilitate mutual travel between the two countries.

They compared notes on regional and international issues of common concern, including escalating tension in the Middle East, affirming the two sides' resolve to enhance coordination at regional and international cooperation forums in the time to come.

On the occasion, PM Chinh conveyed President Luong Cuong's invitation to President Erdogan to visit Vietnam soon. President Erdogan accepted the invitation with pleasure.