The consensus was reached at a meeting between Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and leaders of Mozambique’s Maputo capital city onSeptember 11, as part of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the African nation.
Xuan said Maputo is home to the biggest number ofVietnamese in Mozambique, housing the headquarters of Movitel - a joint venture betweenVietnam's Viettel Group and Mozambique's SPI company, and a typical project foreconomic cooperation between the two countries.
President of the Municipal Council of Maputo EneasComiche expressed his hope that Maputo and Hanoi and other localities of Vietnamwill strengthen cooperation in potential areas, contributing to deepening thebilateral relationship.
The two sides concurred to step up delegationexchanges, making the relationship more intensive, extensive, substantive andeffective.

Following the meeting, Xuan and Comiche attended aninauguration ceremony for the new plaque of Ho Chi Minh Avenue which was namedby Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique, in 1977.
The naming demonstrates therespect for Vietnam’s late leader as well as the solidarity,friendship, loyalty and close ties between people of the two countries, Xuannoted.

Later the same day, Xuan visited the headquarters ofMovitel, which officially launched its services in Mozambique in May 2012 andbecame the third mobile network operator in the country with 13 branches in 11provinces and 157 districts./.