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Fri, 08/22/2008 - 16:30
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Vietnam Palau celebrate diplomatic ties

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and the Republic of Palau officially established diplomatic relations on August 18.

With authority granted by the Government of Vietnam and the Palau Government, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines , Vu Xuan Truong, and Palau Ambassador to the Philippines , Ramon Rechebei, signed in Manila the Philippines a joint declaration establishing diplomatic relationsbetween the two countries.

The Vietnamese Ambassador in the Philippines will serve as non-permanent ambassador to Palau , and the Palau Amabassador to the Philippines alsoserves as non-permanent ambassador to Vietnam .

At the signing ceremony, the two ambassadors said they hopes the new diplomatic relations would lead to new cooperation in many aspects between the two countries, especially in the economy, contributions to consolidatingpeace, stability and common development in the region.

Palau consists of 340 islands, with a population of 20,000 residents,located between the Philippines and Papua New Guinea .

The Republic of Palau was established on October 1, 1994.

Its main economic sectors include tourism, agriculture and fisheries. Last year, its GDP was 162 million USD and it received 93,000 foreign tourists.-Enditem

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