ACTING PM RECEIVES VICE FM OF VIETNAM

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Acting Prime Minister and Deputy PM D.Terbishdagva received Monday a delegation led by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Mr Dong Minh Hoi. D.Terbishdagva noted that this year is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and said that the traditional friendly relations have been intensifying in recent years, "for example, a last year's visit of the Mongolian President to Vietnam has become an impetus for the ties". In response, Mr Dong Minh Hoi conveyed to him greetings of Vietnamese First Deputy PM and expressed his high recognition of our President’s visit to Vietnam. To enhance the ties, more high level interactions are needed, he noted and invited the Chairman of the State Great Khural Z.Enkhbold to the Global Inter-parliamentary Conference which will run in Hanoi in March of 2015. The sides agreed that the main obstacle in the cooperation between the two countries is transportation matters and that trade, economy and investments collaboration has not yet reached the desirable level despite many-year discussions. Mr Terbishdagva said Mongolia is working to develop friendly relations with the South-East Asian nations, to access APEC and the South-East Asia Summit and to become a dialogue partner to the ASEAN, and expressed a gratitude to the Vietnamese side for its support and collaboration. The 16th meeting of Mongolia-Vietnam intergovernmental committee will run in Ulaanbaatar next year.