Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan organised a discussion with Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Antti Kurvinen to talk about issues of mutual concern, including sustainable forest development
The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding between Vietnam and Finland. Minister Le Minh Hoan thanked the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for supporting Vietnam in human resource training and implementation of projects related to national forest information data, thus creating a basis for the Vietnamese forestry sector to effectively manage forest information systems.
The signed memorandum states that the two countries will carry on with cooperation programs and continue contributing to promoting trade cooperation in agriculture between Vietnam and Finland. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister of Antti Kurvinen mentioned that the commercial scale in agriculture was still modest despite Vietnam and Finland both having strengths in agriculture, forestry and fishery.
He hoped that the memorandum would help them strengthen cooperation in the forestry sector between the two countries. Finland in particular will be supporting Vietnam in implementing its commitments on combating climate change at COP 26.
