Colombo, May 8 (Daily Mirror) – Viet Nam and Sri Lanka signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) covering areas including tourism, security cooperation, religious and cultural affairs, civil and commercial engagement, transport, economic cooperation, as well as science and technology.

The MoUs were formally exchanged this morning at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Tô Lâm, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Accordingly, an MoU between the People’s Police Academy of the Ministry of Public Security of Viet Nam  and the National Police Academy of Sri Lanka on cooperation in police training and scientific research was exchanged by Viet Nam’s Minister of Public Security, General Luong Tam Quang and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala.

An MoU on cooperation in the fields of science and technology between the Ministry of Science and Technology of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Viet Nam was exchanged by Viet Nam’s Minister of Science and Technology, Vu Hai Quan and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Science and Technology, Chrishantha Abeysena.

An MoU between Viet Nam’s Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs and Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs was exchanged by Viet Nam’s Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Nguyen Dinh Khang and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi.

Another MoU on cultural cooperation between Viet Nam ’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs was exchanged by Viet Nam ’s Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ho An Phong and Minister Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi.

An MoU on cooperation in the field of information and communications between Viet Nam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health and Mass Media was exchanged by Viet Nam’s Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ho An Phong, and Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Mass Media, Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathna.

During the occasion, a donation of 100 metric tonnes of fertiliser from the Government of Viet Nam to Sri Lanka was also officially handed over.

The consignment was presented by Viet Nam ’s Minister of Finance, Ngo Van Tuan and the Chief Executive Officer of the Viet Nam  National Chemical Group, Nguyen Huu Tu, to the Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, D.P. Wickramasinghe.