Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that Nigeria and Vietnam will benefit from effective collaboration in the opportunities existing in Agriculture and Technology and thereby deepen their friendly relationships.
Professor Osinbajo made this assertion on Monday, at the Presidential Villa Abuja, during a courtesy visit by the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Nigeria, Luong Quoe.
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The Vice President also noted that other areas of collaboration between Nigeria and Vietnam would be in the interaction of young people actively engaged within the technology space in both countries.
Prof Osinbajo further stated that there is plenty room for cooperation, and one of such ways is being effective in establishing relationships and ensuring the relationships endure if both countries are “able to structure the Bi-national Commission and then also some of the economic collaboration through agriculture and technology.”
Osinbajo then thanked the Vietnamese Government, for the kind donation of medical supplies, made up of Droplet Resistant and Antibacterial Fabric Masks, Medical Face Masks and Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT-PCR) Diagnostic Panel for SARS-COV 2 to the Nigerian Mission in Hanoi, Vietnam, in addition, to the donation of 100,000 high-quality 4-Fly Anti- Bacterial Medical face masks by a Vietnamese Pharmaceutical Company known as ANH THU Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Investment Joint Stock Company–PSD Group.
The Vietnamese Ambassador Quoe, commended Nigeria’s role in Africa “as being enormous” and stated that Vietnam “would always wish to have Nigeria’s support in multilateral forums, most importantly the United Nations.”
He also mentioned that the economic potential between both countries is huge and hopes Nigeria “would soon recognise Vietnam as a country of full market economy which will lead to the signing of an agreement on investment, promotion, and protection.”
The Ambassador added that “there are five to seven thousand Nigerians studying and helping in the development of the economy of Vietnam” and also requested the consideration of direct flights between Nigeria and Vietnam.
(Edited by Tunde Orebiyi)
