{"id":205723,"date":"2019-03-08T01:44:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=205723"},"modified":"2019-03-08T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:44:10","slug":"duterte-invited-to-revisit-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/08\/duterte-invited-to-revisit-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte invited to revisit Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gives a warm welcome to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh who paid a courtesy call on the Chief Executive at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on March 6, 2019. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— A top Vietnamese official has invited President Rodrigo R. Duterte to visit Vietnam again later this year or in 2020, Malaca\u00f1ang bared on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Vietnam\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh extended the invitation to Duterte when he paid a courtesy call in Malaca\u00f1an Palace on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring their meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Minh thanked the President for extending him and his delegation a warm welcome,\u201d the Palace statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe also conveyed the Vietnamese government’s invitation for President Duterte to visit Vietnam later this year or next year,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Minh, meanwhile, congratulated the President for the developments in the Philippines and the country\u2019s pivotal role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/p>\n

Accompanying Minh were Vietnam\u2019s Ambassador to the Philippines Ly Quoc Tuan; Director General of the Department of Southeast Asia -South Asia-South Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Tat Thanh; Director General of the Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu; and, Director General of the National Commission on Border Affairs, Maritime Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Dong.<\/p>\n

Duterte has visited Vietnam twice–in September 2016 on an official state visit and again in November 2017 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.<\/p>\n

Prior to meeting Minh, Duterte also welcomed Kingdom of Bahrain\u2019s First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth Sports Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.<\/p>\n

The Bahraini official was accompanied by Rashid Abdullah Wahab Al Shaikh, Salim Mohamed Ayedh Al Otaibi, and Mohamed Mahdi Alsalem Alyami.<\/p>\n

Duterte vowed to provide the Bahrain government with assistance and thanked them for treating Filipino workers there humanely.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you remember, I said that we stand by you and we will be with you in case you need us. And again, let me reiterate our deep sense of camaraderie with our people. Also for the humane treatment given to our citizens. Thank you very much,\u201d Duterte told Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.<\/p>\n

Filipino officials present were Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., and Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Noel Servigon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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