Vietnam, Myanmar boost agricultural cooperation

The Fisheries Departments of Vietnam and Myanmar will set up a working group on fisheries cooperation and hold its first session soon in Hanoi.

The plan was revealed during talks between Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and Myanmar Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Myint Hlaing, in Hanoi on August 22.

The two sides agreed to boost cooperation in personnel training and exchange of research results and scientific advances in the agricultural sector.

The Vietnamese side asked Myanmar to consider and sign an agreement on forestry and implement the memorandum of understanding on agriculture.

Minister Myint Hlaing pledged to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to invest in agricultural areas such as long-term leasing of land for industrial crop growing, processing and husbandry. Vietnamese businesses can rent land to grow rubber for 50 years or more, he added.

Minister Phat said that many Vietnamese businesses are ready to cooperate and invest in rubber, sugar cane planting and processing. – VOV

Tags: Vietnam-Myanmar cooperation

Posted by VBN on Aug 24 2011. Filed under Import-Export, Int'l Cooperation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry