TEHRAN: Iran and Vietnam have discussed boost of cooperation, particularly in the agriculture sector, Financial Tribune reported on Sunday.
The issue was raised during a meeting between Iranian Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati, and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, in Tehran on Saturday.
Hojjati said that both countries have considerable potential in the agriculture and both nations can benefit from trading agricultural products and seafood.
He also said that imports from Vietnam can solve Iran’s 800,000-tonne deficit in rice production, while the latter’s consumption for rice stands at 2.2 million tonnes per year.
“Sturgeon, trout, salmon and other types of fish produced in Iran are popular among Vietnamese and we are ready to import seafood from Iran,” said the Vietnamese minister.
During Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Vietnam in October 2016, both sides pledged to boost bilateral trade with a value of 2 billion US dollars, a significant increase compared to 350 million US dollars in the previous year.
Iran is also eager to export oil and gas technology to Vietnam in exchange for health and industry.
