WEBINAR “The Regional Face – The Roles of Iran and Vietnam”
Thứ Hai, 24/07/2023
WEBINAR
“The Regional Face – The Roles of Iran and Vietnam”
On June 14th
2023, the Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies (IAMES) of Vietnam
Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in cooperation with the Institute of Politics
and International Studies (IPIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Islamic Republic of Iran co-organized the Webinar with the theme “The
Regional Face – The Roles of Iran and Vietnam” in the virtual and
physical format at the meeting room of IAMES, 176 Thai Ha, Hanoi.
There
were some physical participants including Assoc.Prof. Dr. Le Phuoc Minh,
Director General of IAMES; H.E Mr. Tran Tam Giap, Chairperson of Vietnam
Association of Former Ambassadors; H.E Mr. Nguyen Quang Khai, Former Ambassador
of Vietnam to UAE, Iraq; H.E Mr. Pham Sy Tam, Former Ambassador of Vietnam to
Egypt; H.E. Mr. Nguyen Van Pha, Deputy
Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, Chairman of
the Vietnam - Iran Friendship Parliamentary Group, and Chairman of the Vietnam
- Iran Friendship Association; Mr. Dang Nhu Loi, Former Vice Chairman of the
Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly, Vice Chairman of the
Vietnam-Iran Frienship Association; Mr. Amir Fatemisadr, Third Secretary of the
Iranian Embassy in Hanoi; Dr. Kieu Thanh Nga, Deputy Director of IAMES; Dr.
Nghiem Tuan Hung, Head of World Politics and Security Dept., the Institute of
World Economy and Politics; Mr. Phan Manh Tuan, Legal Adviser of Vietnam-Africa
Economic Cooperation Alliance (VAECA) and some IAMES staffs.
There were virtual
participants consisting of Dr. Khalil Shirgholami, Vice president IPIS; Dr.
Alireza Miryousefi, Director of Legal and International Studies of IPIS; Dr.
Alireza Khodagholipour, Director of Asian Studies Group for IPIS and other
researchers of IAMES.
The
Middle East and South East Asia are the extremely significant geographical and
geostrategic positions in the world. Two regions not only have the abudant and
huge oil reserves, particularly the Middle East – the world hub of energy, but
also are the “hot points” where appear disputes, conflicts and gathering forces
of the major powers such as the United States, China and Russia... Vietnam
locates in the South East Asia, Iran locates in the Middle East, in which two
nations have the very important roles. Vietnam has the great contributions in
building and developing the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) as
well as expanding and promoting the coooperation relations between ASEAN and
other partners. Diversification, multilateralization, and proactive and active
international integration are the foreign policy of Vietnam. While recently,
Iran has made the proactive progress in the regional integration like re-establishing
the diplomatic relation with Saudi Arabia, partly supporting Syria to
re-integrate into the Arab League (AL)… These narratives are affirmed the
important roles of Iran in setting up the new trend of cooperation development
of the Middle East in contribution to making the regional face of politics and
security more and more stable.
However, the
cooperative relations between Vietnam and Iran haven’t not yet commensurated
with their potentials. The bilateral trade turnover is still modest, about
124.5 million USD in 2021. Because of the embargo, the cooperative relations
between Vietnam and Iran remain some difficulties like lack of information
about their markets, lack of legal procedures, lack of pioneering enterprises…
Therefore, to boost up the cooperative relations between Vietnam and Iran in
the coming time, especially to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
diplomatic relations among two nations (4/8/1973-4/8/2023), it should to held
up more and more exchanges, webinars and meetings in person to improve the
mutual understanding as same as this webinar co-organized between IAMES and
IPIS. These will be the good chances for the diplomats and researchers to share
information about their domestic situations, analyze and access the impacts of
regional and international contexts on every nation, and their cooperative
relations. IAMES and IPIS are willing to strengthen the collaborations of
science, education and training, and cultural exchange as the bridge of Vietnam
and Iran relationship. In addition, it should promote the bilateral
cooperations of tourism, smart agriculture, green and renewable energies, NANO
technology which are the strong advantages of Iran for the sustainable
development and prosperity of both Vietnam and Iran in particular, and the
world in general.
