Germany, Vietnam step up agriculture cooperation
(VOV) - Vietnam and Germany have agreed to step up cooperation in agricultural vocational training and signed an agreement to that effect on January 23 at an ongoing international trade fair in Berlin.
Signatories to the agreement were President of the Vietnam Farmers' Association Nguyen Quoc Cuong and President of the German Farmers' Union (DBV) Joachim Rukwied.
The signing ceremony was also attended by Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh and DBV representatives.
At the ceremony, Cuong spoke glowingly of the valuable assistance provided to Vietnam by the German government and the DBV in prior cooperation agreements, which has been instrumental in helping farmers.
Cuong noted the newly-signed agreement for the period 2015-2017 comes at a time when both nationsare celebrating the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and enjoying fruitful relations in a host of fields.
For his part, Joachim Rukwied said the Vietnamese and German governments are staunch supporters of bilateral agricultural cooperation adding that the agreement focuses on vocational training for both farmers and agricultural experts.