Vietnam, Australia hold second policy dialogue on agricultureVietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources signed off on two agreements at the second high-level agricultural policy dialogue in Canberra on May 8. They mentioned cooperation in fisheries and forestry in the coming time and shared policy priorities and challenges in agricultural research and development, water resources management, and organic food. Thompson added that Australia will closely work with Vietnam in multilateral organisations of which they are members. Deputy Minister Doanh asked Australia to re-open its market for Vietnamese fresh shrimp and reiterated the commitment of Vietnam’s competent agencies to working with Australia to address this issue, he said. The second high-level policy dialogue on agriculture between Vietnam and Australia took place as part of the working visit to Australia from May 7-11 by a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development which was led by Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh.

Source: VietNamNet News May 09, 2018 08:15 UTC