State President Truong Tan Sang will lead a delegation to aninternational conference from April 22-24 in Jakarta, Indonesia tofoster the cooperative ties with other Asian and African nations,including the host.
The visit was made at theinvitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the occasion of the60th Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference, l ater known asthe Bandung Conference.
The Vietnamesedelegation aims to work with other Asian and African nations to protectthe principles of the Bandung Conference and of international law. Thetheme of the conference this year is “Strengthening South-SouthCooperation to Promote World Peace and Prosperity” with multi-facetedpartnerships among nations and regions seen as the way forward inaddressing emerging global challenges.
The eventwill present an opportunity for member nations to foster their ties inpolitics, security, investment, trade, tourism and culture, in a bid totap this potential for their own economic development.
African nations are in need of experience sharing and investment intechnology, to help address poverty, hunger, disease and, in some cases,civil war. Asia is hungry for new markets with rich natural resources,and Africa offers lots of potential.
Held inBandung from April 18 to 24, 1955, the initial Asian-African Conferencemarked the first time that 29 Asian and African countries, includingVietnam - represented by late Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong -gathered to join hands to determine their own future.
The conference resulted in the 10-point Bandung Declaration, in whichmost of the principles of the United Nations were incorporated. Theyhave become the fundamental values in promoting cooperation amongnations in the two continents.
The event createda driving force for many colonised countries in the two continents tofight for their independence. It also laid the foundation for theestablishment of other frameworks and groups, including the Non-AlignedMovement (NAM), Group 77 and the South-South Cooperation Agreement.
Currently, Vietnam has diplomatic relations with 52 out of the 55African nations, and trade relations with all of them. Two-way trade hasrisen from below 500 million USD in 2005 to some 4.3 billion USD in2013.
The country has a number of projects inAfrican nations, including Algeria, Maroc, Cameroon, Burundi, Tanzania,and Angola, worth a total of more than 2 billion USD. Most of them arein the sectors of oil and gas, telecommunications, construction, andagriculture.
Labour cooperation between Vietnamand Africa has also seen improvement, with tens of thousands ofVietnamese experts working and living in the continent, in countriessuch as Libya, Angola and Algeria.-VNA
The visit was made at theinvitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the occasion of the60th Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference, l ater known asthe Bandung Conference.
The Vietnamesedelegation aims to work with other Asian and African nations to protectthe principles of the Bandung Conference and of international law. Thetheme of the conference this year is “Strengthening South-SouthCooperation to Promote World Peace and Prosperity” with multi-facetedpartnerships among nations and regions seen as the way forward inaddressing emerging global challenges.
The eventwill present an opportunity for member nations to foster their ties inpolitics, security, investment, trade, tourism and culture, in a bid totap this potential for their own economic development.
African nations are in need of experience sharing and investment intechnology, to help address poverty, hunger, disease and, in some cases,civil war. Asia is hungry for new markets with rich natural resources,and Africa offers lots of potential.
Held inBandung from April 18 to 24, 1955, the initial Asian-African Conferencemarked the first time that 29 Asian and African countries, includingVietnam - represented by late Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong -gathered to join hands to determine their own future.
The conference resulted in the 10-point Bandung Declaration, in whichmost of the principles of the United Nations were incorporated. Theyhave become the fundamental values in promoting cooperation amongnations in the two continents.
The event createda driving force for many colonised countries in the two continents tofight for their independence. It also laid the foundation for theestablishment of other frameworks and groups, including the Non-AlignedMovement (NAM), Group 77 and the South-South Cooperation Agreement.
Currently, Vietnam has diplomatic relations with 52 out of the 55African nations, and trade relations with all of them. Two-way trade hasrisen from below 500 million USD in 2005 to some 4.3 billion USD in2013.
The country has a number of projects inAfrican nations, including Algeria, Maroc, Cameroon, Burundi, Tanzania,and Angola, worth a total of more than 2 billion USD. Most of them arein the sectors of oil and gas, telecommunications, construction, andagriculture.
Labour cooperation between Vietnamand Africa has also seen improvement, with tens of thousands ofVietnamese experts working and living in the continent, in countriessuch as Libya, Angola and Algeria.-VNA
