The Vietnamese president lauded the visit of Mongolia's top legislator visit to Hanoi, expressing his belief that the visit will contribute to the strengthening of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

He also expressed his pleasure at the growing Vietnam-Mongolia ties over the past years, including cooperation between the two parliaments.

For his part, Mr M.Enkhbold affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Mongolia in the Southeast Asian region.

Briefing his host on his talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Speaker Enkhbold said that the two sides agreed to bolster political, economic, trade cooperation as well as people-to-people contact by organising culture days in their respective countries in order to celebrate the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in 2019.

President Quang spoke highly of the expressed intentions for deepening Vietnam-Mongolia relations outlined by the two parliament leaders, stressing the need to increase delegation exchanges between the two countries.

He thanked Mongolia for supporting Vietnam at regional and international forums, while asking Mongolia to support Vietnam’s candidacy as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

He pledged that Vietnam's willingness to share its experience in international integration, and to help connect Mongolia with the ten ASEAN countries.

Speaker M.Enkhbold affirmed Mongolia’s backing for Vietnam’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council. (Vietnam net)