STEPHEN MAGAGNINI/Sacramento Bee
Vietnam’s ambassador to Washington, Pham Quang Vinh, visited the Sacramento region Tuesday to promote trade and educational exchanges.
Vietnam’s ambassador to Washington visited UC Davis to strengthen ties and to seek help for farmers in Vietnam. (Photo: MADAREE TOHLALA/AFP/Getty Images)
For years, scientists at the University of California, Davis have helped Vietnamese universities and farmers in an effort to sustain the Mekong Delta’s rice basin.
Vinh said the communist country has evolved much after 20 years of diplomatic relations and hopes to tap into the University’s bio engineering programs for help.
The Sacramento region’s roughly 32,000 Vietnamese Americans include many who fled Communism after the fall of Saigon 40 years ago and remain critical of Vietnam’s human rights record.
Vinh acknowledged those sentiments, but insisted things are improving. Vinh met with about 75 students and faculty at UC Davis, many of them Vietnamese. Vinh plans to meet with Governor Jerry Brown in San Francisco Wednesday.
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