Vietnam attaches importance to ASEAN-Canada ties
(VOVWORLD) - Canada wants to work with ASEAN to promote free trade and trade links, including an ASEAN-Canada free trade deal, said Donald Bobiash, who led the Canadian delegation to the 14th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue of senior officials meeting (SOM).
 The 14th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue takes place in Ottawa, Canada, on May 8-9, 2017
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The just-concluded meeting in Ottawa, Canada, was intended to review the implementation of the 2016-2020 cooperative action plan and design future cooperative activities.
 Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung at the dialogue |
Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung said that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing ASEAN-Canada ties. He suggested both sides strengthen cooperation in politics and security via existing cooperative mechanisms, including the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and ASEAN-Canada consultations. Dung asked Canada to provide more scholarships for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, expand tourism cooperation, and hold more people-to-people exchanges. He called on Canada to encourage its businesses to invest in infrastructure projects, development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and start-up activities in ASEAN countries.