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"Mr President, at the beginning of November I had the privilege of being part of a small delegation from the European Parliament who visited Vietnam; I see some of the colleagues who also went are here and will probably be speaking later. It was a wonderful occasion. We were well received and Vietnam was very appreciative, particularly of the EUR 400 million we are giving under the present framework programme, much of which is going to combat climate change. That is certainly to be commended. They also expressed a desire to see the Free Trade Agreement come into being as soon as possible and, as has been said, it has now been signed by us and by their Prime Minister a few weeks ago in Brussels. The people of Vietnam are, I think, lovely people. They ride around on little motorbikes, which is lovely to see, in their rather strange and chaotic traffic management system, but it works. We can certainly do an awful lot to help them. One area which we also need to focus on is the provocative actions by China in the South China Sea. This is not good enough and building artificial islands and so on is contrary to the international law of the sea and we have to stand with Vietnam in trying to bring China to heel on that matter.
I am very pleased to say that in my own country of Ireland we have had diplomatic relations with Vietnam since 1996 and have had an embassy there since 2005. We have an excellent ambassador, Cáit Moran, who does tremendous work, particularly in helping to oversee the Irish aid programme in Vietnam, and indeed we have some Gaelic football teams there as well, which is my background. So I think we can say that Vietnam is a country that is going places quickly. We can certainly help the Vietnamese regarding human rights. Sandra Kalniete said that with the FTA that will improve over time. Certainly, as a strategic partner I think we can make a lot of progress, from both a business point of view and a human rights point of view and particularly for improving the quality of life of the Vietnamese people in the future."@en1
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