Speaking at the launch ceremony, Mozambique Ambassador GamilielMunuamble said that the establishment of the SADC Group in foreigncountries aims to strengthen understanding about the development of theSADC and contribute to building the community through mobilisingresources for the implementation of projects and plans.
The group will help boost the SADC’s relations with the host countryin such areas as politics, socio-economics and science-technology, headded.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuong Ngacongratulated the SADC on the establishment of its group in Vietnam ,expressing her belief that the group will make active contributions tofostering the multi-faceted cooperation between SADC members andVietnam .
SADC, currently chaired by Mozambique ,was created in April, 1980. Initially the Southern Africa DevelopmentCoordination Conference (SADCC), it later turned into the SADC in August1992.
The group is one of the most dynamicorganisations in Africa, and comprises 15 member countries, of whichthree have opened their embassies in Vietnam , namely South Africa ,Angola and Mozambique. /.VNA