Vietnam, Cambodia to forge cooperation in agro-forestry-fishery
Vietnam and Cambodia agreed to boost cooperation in the agro-forestry-fishery sector during a working session between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Phnom Penh on December 21.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnam and Cambodia agreedto boost cooperation in the agro-forestry-fishery sector during a workingsession between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Phnom Penhon December 21.
The working session took place within the framework ofPresident Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s ongoing State visit to Cambodia.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentLe Quoc Doanh said Vietnam is the biggest among 90 importers of Cambodianagricultural products, saying it wishes to speed up the implementation ofcooperation projects in agriculture and aquaculture with the neighbouringcountry.
For his part, Cambodian Minister Veng Sakhon saiddespite the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries have recorded remarkableachievements in cooperation in growing industrial and agricultural trees,especially rubber and banana.
The two ministers concurred to intensify inspectionsover timber trading and proposed signing a number of cooperation agreements inagriculture and fishery between the two governments in the time ahead./.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
