Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural development Hoang Van Thang (L) and the Canadian Ambassador at the signing ceremony. (Photo: Nongnghiep.vn)

(VOVworld) – Canada will support Vietnam with 500,000 USD in technical assistance and policy consultancy through a project to restructure Vietnam’s agricultural sector in the period 2013-2020. An agreement on this support was signed on Tuesday in Hanoi by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Canadian Embassy. The project will mobilise contributions to Vietnam’s agricultural restructuring.