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Vietnam hosts the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (40th AMAF)

05/ 10/ 2018

From 8th to 13th October, Vietnam will host the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (40th AMAF), the 18th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministers of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (17th AMAF+3), the 6th ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting on Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and related meetings.

ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (Source: ASEAN Secretariat)

The meeting aims to review and evaluate AMAF's cooperation on agriculture, forestry and fishery (performance of 53 AMAF working groups and cooperation with more than 20 strategic partners of ASEAN), cooperation among ASEAN countries with 3 countries including the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea - strong ASEAN’s partners in the recent decades. In addition, there will be field programs, exhibitions and bilateral meetings.

It is expected that 23 action plans, cooperation plans and documents in the agro-forestry sector will be reviewed and approved. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung will attend and speak at the opening ceremony of the 40th AMAF.

The 40th AMAF is an important event of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam. This is the third time Vietnam has chaired the AMAF to host the 40th AMAF and the 18th AMAF + 3 (China, Japan, South Korea) (from 10/2018 to 10/2019). Prior to this, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had twice assumed the AMAF Chairmanship and hosted the AMAF in Vietnam in 1998 and 2008.