Iran congratulates Vietnam on National Day, hopes for bolstering ties

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felicitated his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang on Vietnam\'s National Day, and hoped for the development of bilateral ties between two friendly states. Rouhani congratulated the people and government of Vietnam on national day (September 2), and stressed the need for the further expansion of mutual cooperation between the two Asian nations in all fields. In mid-April, Iranian and Vietnamese officials in a meeting in Tehran reviewed the latest developments in the relations between the two countries, and underlined the necessity for boosting mutual cooperation. The meeting was held between former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and visiting Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister in Asia and African Affairs Negoavn Fung Nega. In the meeting, Salehi exchanged views with Negovan Fung Nega on ways to develop relations and promote cooperation between the two countries. He called joint investment projects in direction of interests of both countries and expressed hope that by holding joint economic commission in future, the two countries witness growth of ties. Expressing satisfaction with bilateral political relations, Salehi called for cooperation of the two countries in international circles. In December, Salehi and Chairman of the Vietnamese Parliament\'s Defense and National Security Commission Nguyen Kim Xua in a meeting in Tehran underlined the necessity for the further expansion of relations between Iran and Vietnam. Salehi voiced Tehran\'s preparedness to expand economic, trade, parliamentary and cultural cooperation with Vietnam. Iran and Vietnam enjoy excellent and high potentials to develop economic cooperation, Salehi said, and expressed the hope that the two nations would use the potentials to augment their trade ties. Nguyen, for his part, expressed his country\'s readiness to expand economic cooperation with Iran on mutual interests.