Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Algiers on November 18 afternoon (local time), starting their official visit to Algeria from November 18-20, at the invitation of the host country's Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb.
This is the first visit to Algeria by a Vietnamese Prime Minister in a decade, since 2015.
Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb personally welcomed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and the Vietnamese delegation at the Houari Boumediene Airport.
Despite the geographical distance, Vietnam and Algeria have maintained a long-standing relationship, particularly during their respective struggles for national independence. Over the past 60 years, the traditional friendship between the two countries has been continuously strengthened and developed across various fields.
The political and diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Algeria are characterized by mutual trust, facilitated by the regular exchange of high-level delegations. Algeria is currently one of Vietnam's important trade partners in Africa. In terms of investment, a notable project involves cooperation between major Vietnamese and Algerian enterprises in oil and gas exploration and extraction.
Defense and security cooperation is consistently maintained. Cultural and sports collaborations are also enhanced, with hundreds of Vietnamese martial arts clubs thriving in Algeria, attracting tens of thousands of practitioners across numerous provinces and cities. The Vietnamese community in Algeria currently numbers around 2,000 people.
While there is significant potential for cooperation between Vietnam and Algeria, particularly as each can serve as a gateway for the other to regional markets, geographical distance has limited the full exploitation of this potential, especially in trade and investment. This is particularly true in sectors where Vietnam and Algeria have strengths and needs that complement each other, such as energy, oil and gas, agriculture, mining, food processing, and manufacturing industries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to Algeria is of great significance in elevating the cooperative relationship between the two countries to a new level, opening a new era of dynamic and extensive cooperation. It is expected to further strengthen political trust, promote and create new momentum for economic, trade, and investment cooperation, and enhance people-to-people connections between the two nations in the new development phase.
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