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UAE, Vietnam discuss boosting trade and investment: Foreign Trade Minister Thani Al Zeyoudi met with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to ramp up bilateral trade and investment ties, focusing on renewable energy, logistics, manufacturing, technology, and agriculture, Wam reports.
Al Zeyoudi also discussed potential joint ventures in agriculture and other critical sectors — aligning with Vietnam’s pro-growth policies — as well as expanding non-oil trade, which reached USD 6.1 bn in 1H 2024 with trade and Industry Minister Nguyễn Hồng Diên and deputy labor and agriculture ministers.
REMEMBER- The two countries are finalizing terms of their trade and economic partnership agreement, which seeks to expand economic cooperation between the two countries.
UAE, Croatia talk boosting bilateral ties: Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and other officials to discuss ramping up cooperation in economic investment, renewable energy, and climate change, as well as other sectors of mutual interest, Wam reports. Plenković also revealed plans to open a UAE-based embassy to boost bilateral relations.
MoUs inked: The Interior Ministry inked an MoU with its Croatian counterpart related to exchanging driving licenses, while the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Croatia’s Foreign and European Affairs Ministry signed an agreement on political consultations.
