Tan Tao Group Vice-President Dang Quang Hanh and the business delegation accompany the Prime Minister to visit the Western Europe

The welcome ceremony met Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Dublin Airport. After the welcome ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited a number of cultural sites in the capital and met with the General Director of Imperial Tobacco Group.

According to the official program of 10 March, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will have a official discussion with Prime Minister Berti Ahern, President of Lower House John O'Donoghue and President of the Upper House Patrick Moylan. The Prime Minister will also visit Dublin University and receive the Governor of the Central Bank John Hurley.

Previously on March 8, in Frankfurt, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with the CEOs of the leading groups of the Federal Republic of Germany, visited the Pharmaceutical Company Sanofi Aventis, Deutsche Bank and the European Central Bank.

At the meeting with the leading groups of the Federal Republic of Germany including BASF, Fraport, Boss and Deutsche Telekom the PM appreciated the development of the groups, in particular, in their expansion plans in the Southeast Pacific region, and expressed the desire for the groups to make further investments in Vietnam.

The PM stressed that the Government of Vietnam would create favorable investment conditions for foreign investors in general and for Germany groups in particular. Leaders of the groups affirm long-term investment cooperation and hope that the Government will create favorable conditions for cooperation in joint-ventures, especially for the participation in the Joint Stock Company in Vietnam.

Visiting the European Central Bank (ECB), PM Nguyen Tan Dung suggested that the ECB strengthen cooperation the State Bank of Vietnam through delegation exchanges in the specialized domains of the State Bank‘s operations as well as the exchanging of publications and related information and by concurrently supporting the State Bank in developing its capacity to build and implement monetary policies and control inflation. These activities include developing capacities for economic analysis, statistics and trend forecasting, all in combination with monetary policy tools to reach the optimal efficiency.

This is the third leg of the Prime Minister‘s official tour after the United Kingdom and Germany. The visit, apart from the purpose of enhancing mutual understanding and trust, aims to deepen economic and trade relationships between Vietnam and Western European countries.