Vietnam is willing to assist Algeria in developing agriculture and aquatic cultivation, said Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, who is head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Vietnam-Algeria Inter-Governmental Committee.
Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha (L) and Algerian Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries Abdelkader Bouazghi. (Photo: VNA)
Algiers (VNA) – Vietnam is willing to assist Algeria in developingagriculture and aquatic cultivation, said Minister of Construction Pham HongHa, who is head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Vietnam-AlgeriaInter-Governmental Committee.
Ha made the statement while meeting with Algerian Minister of Agriculture,Rural Development and Fisheries Abdelkader Bouazghi in Algiers city on November27. The meeting was part of the 11th meeting of theInter-Governmental Committee.
Vietnam always encourages Algerian businesses to boost farm produce exports toVietnam and vice versa, Ha noticed, adding that the Southeast Asian nation iswilling to discuss and ink new MoUs with Algeria to facilitate the import and exportof each other’s agricultural products.
However, he said, both sides need to draw up specific roadmaps to finalise newcommitments, creating favourable conditions for businesses of the two countriesto boost trade collaboration.
For his part, Abdelkader Bouazghi stressed that Algeria wants to learn fromVietnam’s experience in agriculture and fishery sectors.
He said the two nations should facilitate their enterprises to cooperate inaquaculture projects.
Thanks to its intensive investment in agriculture, Algeria, previously animporter of farm produce, has exported some agricultural products like date andpotato to Spain and France and olive to Italy, he highlighted, noting that an Algerianbusiness is working with Vietnamese partners to ship date to the country.
Abdelkader Bouazghi suggested establishing working group to check legalframeworks which impede agricultural cooperation between the two countries, andto recommend ways to bolster trade ties in the coming time.-VNA
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Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha (L) and Algerian Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries Abdelkader Bouazghi. (Photo: VNA) 
