Vietnam and Malaysia should increase high-ranking and ministerial-level visits, President Nguyen Minh Triet said during a meeting with the King of Malaysia in Hanoi Thursday.

Malaysia is now Vietnam’s ninth largest trade partner and second largest investor among foreign countries and territories investing in this country, Triet noted.

The president told his guest that Malaysia is Vietnam’s largest labor export market as it recruited more than 100,000 Vietnamese workers.

“Vietnam is sparing no effort to create a more attractive investment environment to draw further foreign investors, including those from Malaysia,” he said.

King Mizan Zainal Abidin, who is on a three-day visit through March 15, thanked Vietnam for its warm welcome, saying he hoped his trip would usher in a new period of increased bilateral relations.

The king noted the progress of Malaysia-Vietnam ties in recent years and the potential to expand them.

On the same day, the king was received by Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh in the capital.

Manh expressed his wish that two countries would accelerate the implementation of their joint declaration on a framework for comprehensive cooperation in the 21st century in order to lift bilateral ties to a new height, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world at large.

Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said he believed that Vietnam would continue to reap the benefits of its achievements in industrialization, modernization and development.

Source: VNA