South Africa will work with Vietnam to identify opportunities for increasing trade between the countries, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.
“Both South Africa and Vietnam offer excellent opportunities to investors,” he told reporters after meeting Vietnamese vice-president Nguyen Thi Doan in Pretoria.
“We should encourage our business communities to link up and explore all possible avenues for co-operation and trade.”
Motlanthe said there were “countless opportunities” in Vietnam, adding that country had the best tourist destinations and historical sites.
Other areas for trade included agriculture, furniture, clothing and textile production.
On illegal trade of rhino horns, Motlanthe and his counterpart discussed co-operation to preventing animal trafficking, including the protection of endangered species.
Relevant ministries would develop a work plan in this regard, he said.
Through an interpreter, Nguyen Thi Doan described their meeting as “fruitful”.
She said she hoped the outcome of their talks would manifest in deepened bilateral co-operation for prosperity and development of both countries. - Sapa