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VIETNAMESE AND NAMIBIAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES TO SET UP WORKING GROUP

   Ha Noi, July 28 (VNA) -- The foreign ministries of Viet Nam and Namibia have agreed to set up a working group in preparation for the establishment of a joint committee for economic, commercial, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation.
   The agreement was reached during a meeting in Ha Noi on July 28 between Nguyen Dinh Bin, Acting Foreign Minister; and Theo Ben Gurirab, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, who is accompanying President Sam Nujoma on a three-day official visit to Viet Nam.
   Bin informed his guest of the latest developments in Viet Nam and the region and discussed Viet Nam's foreign policy. He emphasised the the Vietnamese Government and people's desire to further the friendship and cooperation between Viet Nam and Namibia.
   The two diplomats spoke highly of the cooperation and mutual assistance during their nation's struggles for national independence, and the ongoing process of national construction and development in each country.
   They expressed great appreciation of the results of President S. Nujoma's visit to Viet Nam and described the signing of the Viet Nam-Namibia Agreement on Economic-Commercial, Cultural, and Scientific-Technological Cooperation between the two countries as an important step for the further enhancement of bilateral economic and commercial ties, thus bringing them to the level of the strong political ties.
   Also on July 28, Deputy Trade Minister Mai Van Dau and Vice President of the Viet Nam Chamber of Trade and Industry Pham Chi Lan hosted receptions for Namibian Trade and Industry Minister Hidipo Hamutenya.
   President S. Nujoma and his entourage paid floral tributes to the monument of war martyrs and President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, and visited other sites including the Temple of Literature.--Enditem