Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen paid a working visit to Guárico state from February 25 to 28 to discuss stepping up agricultural production projects and other promising cooperation initiatives.
Caracas (VNA) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le VietDuyen paid a working visit to Guárico state from February 25 to 28 todiscuss stepping up agricultural production projects and other promisingcooperation initiatives.
Governor José Arturo Vásquez told the visiting Vietnamese delegation ofthe results of rice production development with Vietnam during the 2015-2019period.
He affirmed that bilateral ties have grown in the fields ofsocio-politics, agriculture, and energy, and hoped that Vietnam would continue withagriculture projects to boost the state’s development.
Duyen, for his part, said the strengthening of bilateral ties with authoritiesin Guárico in various fields, especially in agriculture, will make effectivecontributions to the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Venezuela.
Governor José Arturo Vásquez (left) receives Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen (Photo: VNA)
Aspart of economic diplomatic activities, the Vietnamese Embassy also held aseminar to introduce the potential of Vietnam’s agriculture sector.
Duyen reviewed outstanding achievements in bilateral ties in the fieldsof politics, economy, and socio-culture, and the potential for importing strongVietnamese farm produce such as rice, coffee, cashew nuts, pepper, and vegetables.
Two-way trade last year reached 24.93 million USD, 22.39 million USD ofwhich were exports from Vietnam, including coffee, apparel, footwear, andrubber. The remainders were exports from Venezuela, such as aquatic products, scrapiron and steel, and apparel, leather and footwear materials, worth 2.54 millionUSD.
According to the ambassador, Vietnam is strong in production, workforce,techniques, and varieties, while Venezuela has strengths in soil conditions,climate, and market.
With supplementary strengths, Duyen affirmed that the Vietnamese embassyattaches special importance to bilateral cooperation in farming.
Those in attendance lauded a Vietnamese rice farming project in thestate during 2015-2019 and suggested local authorities work with the embassy tostep up the second stage.
A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed on developing strategicprojects in agriculture, high technology, trade, and socio-culture, and inparticular the pilot establishment of the Ho Chi Minh Institute forPolitical-Social Studies in Guárico.
During earlier working trips to the states of Yaracuy and Cojedes, the ambassadoralso held talks with local leaders on agricultural cooperation between the two sides./.
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Governor José Arturo Vásquez (left) receives Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen (Photo: VNA) 
