Prime Minister of the United Republicof Tanzania Mizengo Peter Pinda began a three-day official visit toVietnam on March 29 as a guest of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The visit, the first to Vietnam by Pinda since he took up his positionas Prime Minister of Tanzania in 2008, takes place at a time when thetwo nations are celebrating 45 years of diplomatic ties.
It aims to promote economic, trade and investment relations, especiallyin agriculture and farm produce processing, between Vietnam andTanzania.
Vietnam and Tanzania established diplomatic ties on February 14, 1965.During Vietnam ’s resistance war against US aggressors, Tanzania gavesupport, both materially and spiritually, to Vietnam and considered itas an example for oppressed nations, especially those in Africa .
The two countries have already signed a number of agreements and dealscovering bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, science andtechnology. They also set up an inter-governmental committee.
Tanzania wants to step up its cooperative ties with Vietnam in thefield of agriculture and is willing to zone off a large area for jointprojects. It has asked Vietnam to send experts to Tanzania to help withagricultural and irrigation development.
Two-way trade remains modest, reaching 30 million USD in 2007, with18.3 million USD coming from Vietnamese exports. Vietnam mainly exportsrice to Tanzania and imports cotton, wood, garment materials andleather products from the African country.
Tanzania ’s economy has grown steadily in recent years, posting agrowth rate of 4.5 percent in 2009 despite adverse impacts of the worldeconomic downturn. Its export revenues surged to 2.74 billion USD lastyear from 2.1 billion USD in 2007.
As a member of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA), the UnitedNations and the Non-Alliance Movement (NAM), Tanzania has played animportant role in maintaining solidarity in Africa and promotingSouth-South cooperation./.
The visit, the first to Vietnam by Pinda since he took up his positionas Prime Minister of Tanzania in 2008, takes place at a time when thetwo nations are celebrating 45 years of diplomatic ties.
It aims to promote economic, trade and investment relations, especiallyin agriculture and farm produce processing, between Vietnam andTanzania.
Vietnam and Tanzania established diplomatic ties on February 14, 1965.During Vietnam ’s resistance war against US aggressors, Tanzania gavesupport, both materially and spiritually, to Vietnam and considered itas an example for oppressed nations, especially those in Africa .
The two countries have already signed a number of agreements and dealscovering bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, science andtechnology. They also set up an inter-governmental committee.
Tanzania wants to step up its cooperative ties with Vietnam in thefield of agriculture and is willing to zone off a large area for jointprojects. It has asked Vietnam to send experts to Tanzania to help withagricultural and irrigation development.
Two-way trade remains modest, reaching 30 million USD in 2007, with18.3 million USD coming from Vietnamese exports. Vietnam mainly exportsrice to Tanzania and imports cotton, wood, garment materials andleather products from the African country.
Tanzania ’s economy has grown steadily in recent years, posting agrowth rate of 4.5 percent in 2009 despite adverse impacts of the worldeconomic downturn. Its export revenues surged to 2.74 billion USD lastyear from 2.1 billion USD in 2007.
As a member of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA), the UnitedNations and the Non-Alliance Movement (NAM), Tanzania has played animportant role in maintaining solidarity in Africa and promotingSouth-South cooperation./.
