Agreements and memorandums of understanding are ready to be signed in several sectors between Algeria and Vietnam as part of the three-day visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who arrived in Algiers this Tuesday. The relations, described as excellent between the two countries, are expected to be strengthened through the various planned agreements.
The announcement of the agreements was made by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry, Kheireddine Benaïssa, during his intervention alongside Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Construction, Nguyen Tuong Van, at the signing of the minutes marking the conclusion of the 13th session of the joint commission, which ended on Monday.
The planned signatures include a memorandum of understanding in the housing, urban planning, and city development sector between the relevant ministries of the two countries, as well as a memorandum of understanding between the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACI) and its Vietnamese counterpart.
There is also the signing of a cooperation agreement in the field of education and teaching between the two governments, and a memorandum of understanding between the Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB) and the Vietnamese Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Benaïssa indicated.
The 13th session of the joint commission, he noted, was marked by an agreement on practical measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation in several sectors, including industry, energy, construction, agriculture, tourism, higher education and scientific research, technology, trade, and investment.
This session also served as an opportunity to evaluate completed projects and explore new cooperation prospects, according to Benaïssa, who highlighted the “positive spirit” that characterized the discussions and “the depth of mutual trust” between the two parties.
The importance of this session is even greater, he said, as it precedes the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s visit to Algeria (November 18-20), which will constitute “a pivotal stage in the process of our bilateral relations, with the announcement of the renewed strategic partnership between Algeria and Vietnam.”
For his part, Mr. Tuong Van praised in his speech the efforts made to strengthen cooperation and “the high sense of responsibility” demonstrated by the Algerian and Vietnamese expert delegations, expressing satisfaction with the achieved results, particularly through an agreement on the establishment of practical cooperation mechanisms for the 2025-2027 period.
The Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Construction believed that the new agreements to be signed in several sectors will contribute to “strengthening economic, scientific, and technical cooperation,” as well as “consolidating the traditional friendship relations” between his country and Algeria. It is worth noting that the joint commission saw the presence of representatives from several activity sectors, including agriculture, hydraulics, agri-food, housing, energy, education, and industry, among others. Also represented at this meeting were the AAPI, the CACI, and the Algerian Economic Renewal Council (CREA).