Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday depart Abuja
for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam where he will hold high-level bilateral
engagements with the country’s government officials.
In a statement, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, said the
vice-president will meet the country’s President Nguyễn Phúc, Vo Thi Aah Xuan,
his Vietnamese counterpart, Prime Minister Pham Chinh, other government
officials and business community.
Akande said the vice-president will oversee the signing of a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) and agreements on investment between Nigeria
and Vietnam.
The statement added that Osinbajo will also hold high-level
diplomatic discussions bordering on issues of trade, commerce, agriculture,
technology, and innovation among others with his Vietnamese counterpart and the
prime minister.
Last year, Luong Quoe, the Vietnamese ambassador to Nigeria,
paid a courtesy visit to the vice-president at the presidential villa.
Osinbajo had said both countries discussed specific areas of
collaboration, including agriculture and technology.
“There was also talk about cashew processing and rice
growing and rice processing where Vietnam has shown great innovation and great
success. We think that these are areas where we certainly can do a lot more
with cooperation,” Osinbajo had said.
“I know that Vietnam
is doing interesting things in the technology and telecoms sectors. I think
that we should look for opportunities where young people in Nigeria and Vietnam
can interact, especially in technology and share ideas, innovation, and their
different attainments.”
Akande said the vice-president’s reciprocal visit to Vietnam
was proof of the country’s commitment to strengthening long-standing diplomatic
relations.
The spokesman also said Osinbajo would be “the second
Nigerian high-ranking incumbent government official to visit the southeast
Asian country after President Olusegun Obasanjo who visited in 2005.”
“Prof. Osinbajo will later participate in a business forum
with the Vietnamese chamber of commerce with representatives from both
countries,” the statement reads.
“With the
opportunities existing in agriculture & technology in Nigeria and Vietnam,
discussions would focus on mutual benefits from effective collaboration in
particular economic sectors so as to deepen the friendly and trade relations of
both countries.”
The vice-president is expected to conclude his visit on
Wednesday.
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