Vietnam rolls out economic opportunities to African investors

A Vietnamese booth at the 2014 Diplomatic Fair in Pretoria, South Africa on October 25 attracted nearly 1,000 visitors who wanted to find out about the country and economic opportunities it presents.
A Vietnamese booth at the 2014 Diplomatic Fair in Pretoria, SouthAfrica on October 25 attracted nearly 1,000 visitors who wanted to findout about the country and economic opportunities it presents.

Besides documents on Vietnam’s economic and investment potentials, theembassy also introduced rice, tra fish, tea and coffee which are thecountry’s major hard currency earners.

Among the visitors wereformer South African Deputy Minister of International Relations andCooperation Ebrahim Ebrahim, ambassadors of ASEAN countries andrepresentatives from South African government agencies.

Several local companies contacted the Vietnamese embassy for more information and help in seeking suitable partners.

With the theme “Celebrating 20 years of freedom and democracy inSouth Africa”, this year’s event was to showcase and promote culturaldiplomacy through arts, music and food.

Through the event, theSouth African Department of International Relations and Cooperationaims, among other things, to provide the public with information aboutcountries accredited to South Africa and afford the government,business, diplomatic corps and other sectors of society the opportunityto learn and network.

African countries, on the occasion, alsointroduced the spirit of pan-Africanism, a key goal that theOrganisation of African Unity and the Africa Union are pursuing towards aunited, peaceful and prosperous Africa./.

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