President of the Assembly of Mozambique Esperanca Laurinda Francisco Nhiuane Bias and Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (L) (Photo: VNA) The guest, her spouse and a parliament delegationwill be in Vietnam from June 18 – 23, at the invitation of National AssemblyChairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
This is the first visit to Vietnam by the Mozambicanofficial in her current post since taking office in January 2020. It isalso the first by a president of Mozambique’s legislative body to promote joint works between the two parliaments, given the context that such relations havebeen maintained mainly within the framework of multilateral parliamentaryforums with a limited number of bilateral delegation exchanges.
The trip is a highlight in the nations’ bilateralengagements toward marking the 50th anniversary of their diplomaticrelations which was established on June 25, 1975.
The two sides set up their inter-government committee in May2008 and conducted regular exchanges of their Party and State delegations.
Their economic and commercial ties have been sustained, withbilateral trade revenue reaching 157.18 million USD in 2020 and 149.5 millionUSD in 2021.
The countries worked together in research for food cropsgrowth in Mozambique for 2013-2017. To cover the cost of the project, theVietnamese Government contributed 1.96 million USD and the MozambicanGovernment 210,000 USD.
Regarding education and training, the nations have runcooperation programmes to organise short political courses for Mozambicanofficials and grant scholarships for Vietnamese and Mozambican students./.
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