Pretoria - South Africa is participating in the Second Africa -Vietnam Forum, which is expected to chart a bilateral cooperation for sustainable development on the continent.
At the three-day forum, which starts on Tuesday in Hanoi, Vietnam, delegates will sketch a cooperation roadmap for the next decade.
These will include a legal framework, priority areas, and specific measures for strengthening cooperation, said the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
The forum will also focus on multi-sector and multifaceted cooperation, especially in food security, mining, poverty reduction, trade, and grooming human resources for sustainable development.
The ministry's Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim and his delegation will represent South Africa at the forum which will be attended by 40 international delegations.
Since their independence, Vietnam and African countries have always paid attention to boosting their bilateral cooperative ties.
Vietnam, which is one of south-east Asia's fastest-growing economies, has set its sights on becoming a developed nation by 2020. The country enjoys an array of favourable bilateral relations with African countries.
