Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung receives Ukrainian Foreign Minister K. Grishenko in Hanoi yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam

He made the statement at a reception for Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Grishenko during his two-day working visit to Vietnam.

Dung praised the two countries' current co-operative agreements saying they helped deepen their traditional relations.

The PM suggested the two sides negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, creating favourable conditions for Vietnam's seafood products to enter Ukraine's market, increasing scholarships for Vietnamese students to study in Ukraine and supporting the overseas Vietnamese community in Ukraine.

In turn, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said his visit aimed to implement co-operative agreements approved during Dung's visit to his country last October, especially in the fields of economy, trade and investment.

Grishenko affirmed his country's effective implementation of agreements reached at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Commission on economic, trade, science and technology co-operation between the two sides.

He said Ukraine would support Vietnam in potential areas of energy, machine assembling and military training.

On the same day, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart.

The two sides lauded their comprehensive partnership and co-operative relations, acknowledged in the Joint Statement issued by the two nations' leaders in March last year.

The two sides agreed to boost bilateral co-operative relations in the fields of economy, trade, investment, education and training, science and technology as well as support each other at international forums.