HCM City fosters judicial cooperation with Mozambique
HCM City (VNA) – Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Phong has pledged to boost cooperation with Mozambique in justice, trade, investment, agriculture and education.
During his reception for visiting Mozambican
Attorney-General Beatriz Buchili on August 23, Phong lauded the recently signed
memorandum of understanding between the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam
and the Mozambican Attorney General’s Office, saying that it lays a legal
foundation for the People’s Procuracy of HCM City to boost cooperation with
judicial agencies of Mozambican localities.
He expressed his hope that Mozambique will
continue facilitating Vietnamese firms’ operation in the country.
The municipal leader forwarded to the related
agencies for consideration the suggestion to establish the Honorary
Consulate of Mozambique in Ho Chi Minh City made by the Mozambican
Attorney-General and the Embassy of Mozambique in Vietnam.
For her part, Beatriz Buchili expressed her
admiration for the dynamic development of the city, expressing her hope that
local authorities will support cooperation between the municipal People’s
Procuracy and the judicial agencies of Mozambican localities.
In 2016, bilateral trade between Vietnam and
Mozambique reached 100 million USD in 2016. The two nations have jointly
implemented cooperation projects in agriculture, health care, telecommunication
and education.-VNA