Newly-appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Nam Tien (L) and Tanzanian President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (Photo: VNA) |
Tien made the suggestion during his meeting with Tanzanian President John Pombe
Joseph Magufuli in Dar es Salaam on August 2 right after he presented his
credentials to the host leader.
He also called on the Tanzanian side to create favourable conditions for Halotel,
a venture of Vietnam’s military-run telecom service provider Viettel, to
effectively operate in the African nation.
The diplomat wished to contribute to further boosting the traditional friendship
and collaboration between the two sides through increasing the exchange of
delegations at all levels, especially high level.
For his part, President Magufuli highlighted the fruitful development of the
bilateral relations, affirming that his country will always support Vietnam.
He called on Vietnamese enterprises to promote cooperation and investment in the
country, especially in building cashew processing and fabric production plants.
Earlier, at a ceremony to present the copy of his credentials to Tanzanian
Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi , Ambassador Tien expressed his joy at the
strengthened friendship and cooperation in politics, trade and people-to-people
exchange between the two countries.
He proposed both sides facilitate Halotel’s operation and actively coordinate in
perfecting legal framework and expand cooperation in the fields of their
strength in the time to come.
Kabudi praised Vietnam for its socio-economic achievements at present, saying
that Vietnam has inspired Tanzania to further promote development.
He affirmed Tanzania’s support for Vietnam at the United Nations and other
international oganisations.
He also thanked Halotel for creating thousands of direct and indirect jobs for
local labourers, saying that it is the only telecom company in Tanzania that has
delivered mobile telecommunications coverage in remote and rural areas of the
African country./.
VNA