Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah visited Vietnam on Wednesday to strengthen ties between the two countries. It was the first visit to Vietnam by a high-ranking Kuwaiti official. The Kuwaiti leader's counterpart, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, received him at the Presidential Palace. The two reviewed an honor guard before retreating behind closed doors for talks. «Your visit is a good opportunity for the two countries to promote cooperation in various fields,» Dung said. The two leaders witnessed the signing of three agreements that promoted trade and investment. Two-way trade between Vietnam and Kuwait reached US$380 million last year _ three times higher than in 2002 _ according to the Vietnam News paper.
