Vietnam, Angola seek closer telecom cooperation

The Vietnamese Government welcomes stronger cooperation between IT firms of Vietnam and Angola, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told visiting Angolan Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technologies Jose Carvalho da Rocha.
Vietnam, Angola seek closer telecom cooperation ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (R) and Angolan Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technologies Jose Carvalho da Rocha (Source: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – The VietnameseGovernment welcomes stronger cooperation between IT firms of Vietnam and Angola,Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told visiting Angolan Minister of Telecommunicationand Information Technologies Jose Carvalho da Rocha.

During a meeting with the Angolan official in Hanoi on March 14, Deputy PM Damappreciated the friendship between the two nations, which is supported by the effectivecooperation in telecom, IT, information safety and human resources training.

The Vietnamese Government encourages bothsides’ enterprises to proactively seek cooperation opportunities in technology transfer,he stated.

According to the Deputy PM, telecommunication and IT became a spearheadtechnical-economic sector of Vietnam, achieving estimated revenues of about 16 billionUSD over the last two decades. Vietnam has built big telecom and IT enterprises,which are regionally competitive in capital, technology, human resources, andmanagement experience.

He affirmed that Vietnam is willing to share experience in opening the market, improvingcompetiveness and promoting rapid and sustainable development of its telecomand IT sector.

He called on the Angolan Government to create favourable conditions for Vietnameseenterprises, including telecom and IT firms, to invest in the African country.

The host expressed his belief that the Angolan Minister’s visit will help thetwo countries’ telecom and IT cooperation enter the next phase.

For his part, Jose Carvalho da Rocha assured that his country always backs Vietnamesebusinesses’ investment in Angola, especially in telecom, IT and training humanresources.

During his stay, the guest had a working session with Minister of Informationand Communications Truong Minh Tuan, and visited leading telecom and IT enterprisesand production factories.-VNA
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