Tehran, YJC. Iran and Vietnam signed four cooperation agreements in a move to expand bilateral relations in including economy, science and culture.
The agreements were signed during a meeting between Iranian
Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari and a Vietnamese
delegation, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, in Tehran.
During the meeting, an agreement on customs cooperation,
which was signed by Head of Iran's Customs Office Masoud Karbasian and his
Vietnamese counterpart, was among the four inked agreements, Tasnim reported.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in scientific,
educational and research cooperation was also signed by the two countries’
ministers of science and technology.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Shariatmadari said
that during the Vietnamese delegation’s visit to Tehran, the two sides managed
to take effective steps to promote bilateral relations.
He also said that in addition to the four important
cooperation agreements signed between the two governments, a document would be
signed between private sectors of the two countries.
The two sides also agreed to boost the value of Iran-Vietnam
annual bilateral trade to $500 million and even higher based on a timetable,
Shariatmadari said.