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Vietnam to help Mozambique develop agriculture
Vietnam will send agricultural experts to Mozambique to help it develop the sector and train personnel in the field, heard the first meeting of the Vietnam-Mozambique Inter-governmental Committee in Hanoi on March 31.
In the meeting, delegates agreed that Vietnamese experts will help Mozambique establish a rice breeding centre and farming project.
According to Victor Bernado, Chairman of the Mozambique section to the Committee, the Mozambique government is particularly interested in fostering agriculture cooperation with Vietnam.
The official also said that his country plans to focus on expanding cooperation with Vietnam in a variety of other areas that they feel remain untapped.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan, who heads the Vietnam section to the Committee, proposed Mozambique continue considering possibilities for joint cooperation in terms of investment, economy and trade.
Specifically, he highlighted the possibility of creating conditions for the two countries’ businesspeople to jointly invest in post and telecommunications, mining, steel manufacturing, timber exploitation, and pulp production in Mozambique, as well as introducing light industry products, seafood and farm produce for export to the African nation.
The officials agreed to discuss a taxation agreement and sign an anti-crime agreement in the time to come.
Vietnam and Mozambique signed cooperation agreements covering investment promotion and protection, trade, agriculture, education, health care, and visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Mozambique and Vietnamese officials are scheduled to visit and hold working sessions with several Vietnamese corporations and research institutes on the sidelines of the meeting, which is set to close on April 2.
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