London, March 18 -- Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has engaged in a series of activities as part of his working visit to the UK from March 16-20, aiming to call for assistance in the building of financial centres in Vietnam. On March 16, he met with the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS), which brings together nearly 200 scientists, researchers, and lecturers from universities and research institutes across the two European countries, along with the Vietnamese Embassy and other representative agencies. Binh commended VIS for its role as a bridge for cooperation in education-training and science-technology, which hold great potential for partnership between Vietnam and the UK. He also urged VIS to c...