Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN (L) and Ghana Ambassador Harold Agyeman. (Photo: VNA)

On November 8, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), and his Ghanaian counterpart Harold Agyeman have compared notes on the relations between the two countries, particularly their cooperation at the UN.

During the meeting, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang expressed his delight for positive development of the bilateral relations between the two countries and their co-operation at the UN. Ambassador Giang highly appreciated for the increasingly close traditional friendship between the two countries over the past 50 years. Indeed, the Vietnamese Ambassador was especially grateful for Ghana's valuable support for the country’s past struggles for national independence.

The co-operative ties between the two sides have recorded many positive achievements, while Ghana is currently the country’s largest trading partner in the West African market, with rice being a key export item.

Based on sound relations, the two sides agreed that the two hold huge potential to further expand bilateral co-operation in a multitude of aspects by intensifying the exchange of working visits to other markets, and expanding trade and investment co-operation in potential fields such as renewable energy and clean energy.

Ghana nation is ready to serve as the gateway for Vietnam to gain access to the West African market, while Vietnam stays ready to be the gateway for Ghana to expand linkages in the ASEAN region, the two Ambassadors affirmed.

At the UN, both sides will continue to promote multilateral exchanges and co-operation on issues of common concern, whilst working together to find solutions to current challenging global challenges.