Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil and Peru Pham Thi Kim Hoa at the working session with representatives of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Photo: VNA) Boluarte praised the efforts and achievements made by Bitel telecommunication service provider, the Peru branch of Vietnam's military-run telecom group Viettel, in providing telecommunication services in rural and borderareas of the South American nation.
She expressed her hope that the two countries will consider a cooperationagreement in the field of telecommunications to support remote areas of Peru,especially poor children with difficult learning conditions.
The host took theoccasion to thank Vietnam for its vote for Peru to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2024.
Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil and Peru Pham Thi Kim Hoa (L) and President of Peru Dina Boluarte (Photo: VNA) Ambassador Hoa stressedthat Vietnam and Peru have witnessed strong developments in economic, trade andinvestment cooperation, noting that there remains great potential for the twosides to expand bonds.
She expressed the wish tofurther deepen the Vietnam – Peru friendship and cooperation on the basis thatboth nations are joining international cooperation mechanisms and institutionssuch as APEC and the Comprehensiveand Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The diplomat called onthe Peruvian government to continue creating favourable conditions for andsupporting Viettel and the Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) to effectivelyimplement telecommunications, and oil and gas projects in the country.
During her workingvisit to Peru from April 17 – 21, Hoa also had meetings with representatives ofthe Peruvian Ministries of Foreign Affairs; Foreign Trade and Tourism; Education;and Transport and Communications.
The two sides discussed solutions to strengthen cooperation in new fields suchas tourism, education, and technology in the coming time, including exchanginghigh-level delegations, maintaining bilateral cooperation mechanisms, promotingtrade links, and maintaining close coordination at multilateral forums such as APECand the CPTPP.
The Peruvian sideshowed their desire to expand relations with Vietnam, saying that Vietnam is animportant partner of the South American nation in Southeast Asia, especially intrade and investment.
Currently,two large Vietnamese firms – Petrovietnam and Viettel – are operating in Peruin the fields of energy and telecommunication services respectively. Viettelofficially started to provide its services in Peru in 2014 under the name of Bitel, andit is the network operator with the largest fiber optic infrastructure in Peruat 30,000km in length.
Two-way trade betweenVietnam and Peru hit 600 million USD last year, and 146.8 million USD in the firstquarter of this year alone, representing a year-on-year rise of 2.5%./.
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