RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Citing Vietnamese experience in ensuring food security, Saudi Arabian ministers want to enhance agriculture connections with Vietnam in agriculture, according to VOV 新闻. Minister of Agriculture Fahad Bin Abdulrahman Balgonaim, Finance Minister Ibrahim Bin Abdullaziz Al-Assaf, and Minister of Industry and Trade Abdullah Bin Ahmad Zainal all individually met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet in Riyadh on April 11. Afterward, the ministers proposed signing an agreement encouraging investment with Vietnam and protecting both countries in trade.
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