(VOVworld)- Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on Friday met with a number of leaders of African nations on the sidelines of her visit to Senegal to attend the 15th Francophonie Summit in Dakar. At a meeting with the Mauritius interim President Rajkesmur Purryag, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan said Vietnam attached great importance to the development of bilateral friendship with African friends including Mauritius. She suggested that both nations should  conduct negotiations on trade and investment agreements to accelerate bilateral cooperation. At a meeting with Tunisian Prime Minister Medhi Jomaa, Ms Doan underscored the need to strengthen business delegation exchanges, promote trade and investment activities while asking Tunisia to recognize Vietnam’s market economy and accelerate the organization of the third session of the Vietnam-Tunisia Joint Committee in 2015. At a reception for Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti, Duly Brutus, Ms Doan highlighted the rapid advancements in the Vietnam-Haiti relationship in recent years. Doan said she was delighted at the initial cooperative results of Vietnamese businesses such as Viettel and Vinafood I in Haiti and asked Haiti to continue facilitating Vietnamese businesses’ operation. The same day, she visited the Francophonie village and Vietnam’s exhibition there.