Philippine President’s Vietnam visit to give impulse to bilateral ties between both countries: Ambassador

Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (R) hands over a resolution to National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on strengthening cooperation between the Philippines and Vietnam with the establishment of the Philippine-Vietnam Parliamentarians' Friendship Society in 2022. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI/MANILA (Vietnam News/ANN): The upcoming state visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. will create momentum for the bilateral ties in all spheres, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines Lai Thai Binh has affirmed.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) ahead of the visit on January 29-30, the ambassador said Vietnam and the Philippines established diplomatic relations on July 12, 1976, and officially signed an agreement to upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership on November 17, 2015.