(VOV) – Madagascar wants to learn poverty reduction experience from Vietnam and cooperate with the country on rice farming, Madagascan President Hery Rajaonarimampianina told Vietnam Ambassador to Madagascar and Mozambique, Nguyen Van Trung.
Ambassador Trung presented his credentials to the Madagascan President on September 10 in Antananarivo. This was the first time in five years a Vietnamese diplomat presented credentials in Madagascar.
The Madagascan President expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s renewal achievements, describing the country as a successful model for socio-economic development and international integration.
He said he hopes that the two countries will boost cooperation and support each other at multilateral forums, especially in the Francophonie Organisation.
For his part, Ambassador Trung congratulated the Madagascan people on overcoming the difficulties in reintegrating themselves into the international community and reconstructing the country.
With their similar history in wet rice cultivation, Vietnam and Madagascar boast huge potential for cooperation in agriculture, aquaculture, education and healthcare.
The Vietnamese diplomat also informed his host of the Vietnamese Government’s decision to set up an honorary consulate in Madagascar with a view to promoting Vietnam’s image and collaboration between the two nations.
The ambassador paid courtesy visits to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, and met with a number of Madagascan ministers.
He also paid tribute to the late President Ho Chi Minh at his Square in Antananarivo.
Vietnam and Madagascar established diplomatic ties in 1972. In the 1980s, Vietnam dispatched 45 educational experts to work in Madagascar.
In the 1990s, more than 80 Vietnamese agricultural experts and technicians helped Madagascar develop rice cultivation based on a FAO-sponsored tripartite cooperation model.
Đăng ký: VietNam News