The Vice President said Venezuela has prepared 100,000 hectares of agricultural land for Vietnamese investors, and emphasised that as Chairman of the Venezuela-Viet Nam Intergovernmental Committee, he will directly monitor and support the implementation of cooperation initiatives.

Venezuela’s Minister of Industry and National Production Alex Saab spoke highly of Viet Nam's level, experience and capacity in agricultural science and technology, saying that this is an important foundation for building effective cooperation models suitable for Venezuela's practical conditions.

According to the minister, of the total of more than 30 million ha of cultivated land in Venezuela, only about 4 million ha is used for agricultural production. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan Government has planned 3.3 million ha for crop cultivation and 13.7 million ha for livestock farming within the framework of agricultural cooperation projects under the Alliance of American States (ALBA), in which Vietnam is a priority partner.

During their stay in Venezuela from June 5-9, the delegation led by Professor, Dr. Nguyen Hong Son, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), had meetings with Minister of Agriculture and Land Julio León, Minister of Industry and National Production Alex Saab, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tatiana Pugh.

They travelled to Guárico state, one of the localities producing many key agricultural products of Venezuela, to seek cooperation opportunities.