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Vietnam fosters cooperation with EAEU to ensure food security

Vietnam attended an international workshop held by the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly (APE) on May 18 along with representatives of over 20 countries, international and regional organisations.
Vietnam fosters cooperation with EAEU to ensure food security ảnh 1Vietnamese Chargé d'Affaires to Russia Nguyen Quynh Mai (first from right) (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) –Vietnam attended an international workshop held by the Eurasian Peoples'Assembly (APE) on May 18 along with representatives of over 20 countries,international and regional organisations.

The event, in both in-personand online forms, put forth proposals on the building of a more sustainablefood security and prepared content of an agenda towards the 2021 UN Food SystemSummit slated for this September.

Addressing the workshop,Vietnamese Chargé d'Affaires to Russia Nguyen Quynh Mai reiterated the urgencyof ensuring food security at present, saying that food wastefulness may reducefood supply and worsen hunger amid COVID-19.

She spoke highly ofthe role of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in setting up conditions forsustainable development in the post-Soviet era, adding that as a partner of theEAEU, Vietnam has enjoyed economic growth and always attached importance toensuring food security, thereby raising people’s living standards.

Speaking from Hanoi,President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Nguyen Phuong Ngasaid against the backdrop of COVID-19, Vietnam attaches importance to cooperationwith the EAEU in ensuring food security to offset and prevent hunger around theworld.
Vietnam fosters cooperation with EAEU to ensure food security ảnh 2President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Nguyen Phuong Nga speaks at the event from Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
The signing of theEAEU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has created a new momentum for developmentacross all fields between the sides, she noted.

At the event,delegates discussed measures for a safer and more equitable food system inEurasia and Africa, agreeing that international cooperation will help countriesdevelop sustainably, as well as overcome hunger and poverty.

APE General SecretaryDr Andrey Belyanov highly valued Vietnamese delegates’ cooperation in theholding of the workshop in particular and the implementation of initiatives andprojects of the APE at large.

He also voiced hisbelief in the huge potential for cooperation between the APE and Vietnam in thecoming time./.
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