The agreement was reached at a reception for the delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) at the headquarters of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on July 19.

During talks, MPLA Vice President D. Al meida spoke high of Vietnam’s prestige and status in the Southeast Asian region and in the world.

He thanked the party, the state and the people of Vietnam for sending health and education experts to the country.

He confirmed that Angola wishes to further boost and accelerate cooperative relations between the two parties and states in all areas, socio-political, economic, cultural, healthcare, scientific and educational and training.

Head of the CPV’s delegation Truong Tan Sang, who is Politburo member and standing member of the CPV’s Central Committee Secretariat, affirmed Vietnam’s determination to promote the implementation of high-level agreements reached between the two parties and states in the areas of health, education, trade, oil and petroleum, agriculture and hunger elimination.

He expressed his wish that the government and people of Angola continue to improve the living and working conditions for the Vietnamese community in Angola as, he said, they act as a bridge of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

During the stay in Angola from July 16-19, the Vietnamese party delegation had held talks with the MPLA’s counterparts and the Angolan government’s high-ranking delegation.

Both sides compared notes on the results of implementing bilateral agreements, particularly those signed during the 2008 visit to Angola by the CPV’s General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.

The Vietnamese delegation had also paid visits to several economic and cultural institutes in the capital city of Luanda and joined field trips to some joint agriculture project sites.