Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario (R) and Vietnamese Ambassador to Mozambique Le Huy Hoang at their meeting in Maputo on July 4 (Photo: VNA)Maputo (VNA) – Mozambican PrimeMinister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario has asked for continued help from Vietnamin the fields of agriculture, health care and education following fruitfuloutcomes of joint projects.
Receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to MozambiqueLe Huy Hoang in Maputo on July 4, the PM appreciated the assistance of Vietnamtoward his country. He urged Vietnam to send more experts to Mozambique to sharetheir experience and support local development.
PM Carlos Agostinho do Rosario alsorequested that Vietnam continue to implement the second phase of a project onjoint research and development of grain and food plants in Mozambique. The 2.2million USD project has been running effectively in Zambezia province since2014.
The Mozambique leader encouraged Vietnamesefirms, including those from the private sector, to invest in his country,particularly in coal and natural gas mining, crop cultivation and industry.
Lauding Vietnam’s Military Industry andTelecoms Group Viettel through the mobile operator Movitel in Mozambique, hesuggested the group continue its investment in developing the 4G network here.
Movitel, the first joint venture of Viettelin Africa, started operation in May 2012. Since then, it has developed anetwork of more than 2,800 transmission stations and 27,650 km of cable andbecome Mozambique’s biggest mobile operator.
On his part, Ambassador Le Huy Hoang statedVietnam pays attention to reinforcing relations with Mozambique and wishes toincrease engagements at regional and international forums, as well as ineconomic sectors, particularly in telecommunications, agriculture, trade andexchange of experts.
The diplomat expressed his hope that theMozambican PM and Government will continue to support the Vietnamese expatriatecommunity in their integration and business operation.
Earlier, the Vietnamese Ambassador met withGeneral Secretary of Mozambique's ruling party FRELIMO Roque Silva, Minister ofAgriculture and Food Security Higino Francisco de Marrule and Minister ofForeign Affairs Jose Pacheco. The meetings discussed measures to improve tiesbetween the two parties and specific cooperative activities in the development of agriculture,infrastructure, tourism and energy.-VNA
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