Guyana wishes to foster cooperation with Vietnam

President Mohamed Irfaan Ali was speaking at a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil cum Guyana Pham Thi Kim Hoa following her credentials presentation on March 20.

At the reception, the President requested that Vietnam support Guyana in increasing cooperation in agriculture, animal husbandry and cultivation.

The ambassador for her part lauded notable economic gains Guyana has recorded under the leadership of President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and vowed to do her best during the working term to make a positive contribution to the fine relationship between the two countries.

On March 21, Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa paid a courtesy visit to Guyana’s Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond who affirmed that she supports Vietnamese products and businesses to access the Guyana market. She also expressed her desire to learn from Vietnam’s valuable experience in ecological tourism development.

On the following day, Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hilton Todd, who affirmed Guyana supports Vietnam in multilateral forums and wants to promote the exchange of delegations in future.

Also at the working session, Deputy Foreign Minister Elizabeth Harper announced that the two countries would soon offer visa exemption to their diplomatic and official passport holders in order to promote bilateral visit exchanges.

On the same day, Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa also met with Madanlall Ramraj, director general of the Ministry of Agriculture, who expressed Guyana’s desire to boost cooperation in the fields of agriculture, mining and garment making with Vietnam in the near future.

Ramraj also talked about food security in Guyana, and requested that Vietnam share its valuable experience in the field of agricultural production through expertise exchanges.

On March 23, Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa met and discussed the possibility of investment cooperation with Peter Ramsaroop, president of the Investment Office of Guyana. Ramsaroop briefed his guest on Guyana’s strengths and said his country creates the most favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to invest in such fields as eco-tourism, mineral and oil exploitation.