HANOI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim discussed measures to promote trade and investment partnership between the two countries during their talks here on Wednesday.
The two prime ministers stressed their determination to raise two-way trade to 4 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 through boosting trade and investment promotion activities, Vietnam News Agency reported.
The Turkish prime minister suggested that the two sides consider cooperation possibilities in the defense industry.
The Vietnamese prime minister proposed that Turkey recognize Vietnam's market economy soon, and asked that Turkey remove a number of taxes and fees on Vietnamese products such as footwear, fiber, belts, air conditioners and cell phones.
The two sides agreed to work closely to enhance cooperation in transport, especially aviation and maritime affiliation, science-technology, culture-education, security-defense and people-to-people diplomacy.
On political ties, the two sides agreed to strengthen delegation exchange and encourage the cooperation between their ministries, sectors, localities and friendship organizations.
The two sides also shared concern on rising terrorism and affirmed their support for regional and international efforts in anti-terrorism.
