Africa has plentiful unexploited natural resources, minerals and land. The continent needs international cooperation for various fields like industry, oil, gas, trade, investment, manpower and specially agriculture. Vietnamese companies can forge cooperation in these interesting fields.

Representatives of more than 20 Nigerian businesses and many Vietnamese businesses attended a Vietnam-Nigeria business conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 2.

With a population of 85 million who have high demand for aquatic and farm products, Egypt is a promising market of Vietnamese enterprises. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Sunday held a seminar on strengthening the Việt Nam-Egypt fishery and agricultural cooperation in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

Metals Africa is a Pretoria-based, South African company specializing in the international supply of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys.

Almost 100 Vietnamese and Egyptian businesses attended a seminar on boosting agro-forestry and fisheries cooperation between Vietnam and Egypt in Cairo on Oct. 15.

Vietnam exported over 79 million USD worth of goods to Algeria in the first nine months of the year, representing a year-on-year increase of 2.5 percent, according to statistics released by the Algerian Customs.

Algerian Ambassador Naceur Boucherit on Sept. 24 received the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

The Prime Minister has approved a protocol on oil and gas cooperation between Vietnamese and Angolan which was signed by the two sides in the Angolan capital of Luanda on April 3, 2008.

The President of the Central African Republic, Francois Bozize Yangouvonda, began a five-day official visit to Vietnam on May 18 at the invitation of State President Nguyen Minh Triet.