Vietnam vows to help Africa nations ensure food security and sustainabledevelopment by dispatching there more farming and aquaculture experts,Ambassador to South Africa Le Huy Hoang has stated.
Heinformed delegates at a joint discussion session in Cameroon’s Yaoundecapital on May 5 that Vietnam’s agriculture project funded by the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency has produced positive results inAfrica.
The discussion was part of the May 3-5 firstministerial follow-up meeting to review the realisation of commitmentsmade at the fifth Tokyo International Conference on Development(TICAD-5).
Thanks to the support of over 400 Vietnamesefarming experts, the rice output in some African nations has tripledfrom 2 tonnes to 6 tonnes per ha. Vietnam is willing to spread the pilotmodel to other regional countries, Hoang said.
He also voicedthat Vietnam hopes for stronger cooperation with Japan and members ofthe 2013 - 2017 Yokohama action plan. Adopted at the TICAD-5 last June,the plan focuses on assisting Africa in improving its people’s livingstandards based on agriculture after 2015.
The follow-upmeeting reached a consensus on bolstering the TICAD and South-Southcooperation frameworks, in a bid to assist the continent in agriculture,poverty reduction, business climate improvement, women and youthempowerment and security issues.-VNA