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During the February 19-24 study tour, they met with officials from the Embassy of Canada in Hanoi, the Ministry of Planning & Investment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and other stakeholders. Vietnam shared with the Mozambican delegation experiences and lessons learned over the years on the path of developing its cooperative economy. “One of the most valuable lessons on the cooperative development that we want to share with Mozambique is that we should raise awareness of the society and state management agencies about the cooperative roles. Once the people realize the important roles of cooperatives as well as the benefits of joining cooperatives, they will voluntarily join. Only then will the development of the cooperative economy be truly sustainable and effective,” said Phung Quoc Chi, Director of Cooperative Development Department, the Ministry of Planning & Investment. The Mozambican delegation visits an eco-tourism cooperative (Photo: SOCOD...

At the working session with Alina Grumpert, Director of the German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA), Dung proposed the union support Vietnamese agricultural enterprises to improve their competitiveness, apply science and technology, promote innovation to improve added value and product quality. Grumpert said in the context that Vietnamese farming products have to compete fiercely with their competitors, improving the entire value chain is essential. Le Manh Hung (L), head of the Vietnamese ministry’ enterprise development department, and Alina Grumpert, Director of the German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA), signed a MoU establishing a common cooperation framework (Photo: VNA). Talking about measures to assist Vietnamese enterprises, Tobias Fausch, IT director of BayWa – one of the largest German corporations in trade, logistics and services for agriculture and energy, noted one of their biggest advantages is the enforcement of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) from Aug...

Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Vahram Kazhoyan. Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Vahram Kazhoyan: Interesting and profound Vietnamese Tet In 2023, I welcome the third Lunar New Year in Vietnam. Every year before Tet, I go to the flower market to buy kumquat trees, apricot trees, and peach flowers. The kumquat tree I bought in my first year in Hanoi is still grown in my yard. For me, the Hanoi flower market is full of Tet atmosphere. The familiar streets and corners are bustling every day thanks to hundreds of blooming flowers. On Tet holiday, my family visited Tran Quoc Pagoda, an ancient pagoda with beautiful architecture, located on the east side of West Lake. We come here, listening to the monk preaching the sutras, and feel the peace and purity. To me, Tet has two biggest meanings: the beginning of a new year and the occasion for family reunion. This is similar to new year in our country. In Armenia, new year is held from the evening of December 31 to January 1 as an ...