Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao (L) and EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski (Photo: VNA)

At a working session on Tuesday with Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, head of the Vietnamese delegation to the EU, Wojciechowski said that the EU will further encourage businesses to invest in Vietnam, including in the agricultural sector.

The EU official also suggested that Vietnam and the EU continue working closely to promote comprehensive agricultural cooperation, especially sustainable agricultural development and collaboration in solving emerging global challenges such as supply chain disruptions and food insecurity.

Ambassador Thao said Vietnam considers the EU one of its most important partners and Vietnam is ready to further expand cooperation with the EU in agriculture.

He suggested that the two sides make the most of the advantages brought by the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and urged the EU to create more favorable conditions for Vietnamese agricultural products to access its market.

Vietnam is also ready to cooperate with the EU to build a tripartite model of complete agricultural supply chain to cope with the risks of global food insecurity and hopes to receive EU support for clean agriculture and building technical standards that match EU standards, Thao said.