Historical cultural relations between Morocco and Vietnam are founded on the mutual respect and better understanding that exists between the two countries. Moroccan-Vietnamese bilateral cultural relations are based on the Cultural Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of understanding, in effect and the relevant Cultural Exchange Programs.

            The Embassy of the kingdom of Morocco cooperate with experts from all areas of the Vietnamese cultural scene to enable Moroccan artists to take part in cultural events in Vietnam and to encourage the exchange between Moroccan and Vietnamese cultural representatives. The Embassy encourage contacts between Moroccan and Vietnamese representatives of the cultural scene and inform experts about the cultural networks in both countries.

Agreements and MoU signed in the cultural field:

            1. Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement, signed in August 8, 2006;

            2. Press Cooperation Agreement between MAP (Maghreb Arab Press) and the Vietnam News Agency (AVI) signed in July 2008;

            3. Tourism Cooperation Agreement between Morocco and Vietnam ministries of tourism signed in Hanoi, in June 2012;

            4. Memorandum of Understanding between Mohammed V University of Rabat and the National University of Vietnam, signed on March 28, 2017 in Hanoi;

            5. Memorandum of Understanding between the Center for Studies and Research in the Social Sciences and the Institute of African and Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES), signed on March 28, 2017 in Hanoi.

Education cooperation and scholarship:

            The Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) has allocated a quota of 10 teaching scholarships to Vietnamese students. The total number of Vietnamese studying in different universities in Morocco since 2014 reach 20 students.

            For its side, The Vietnamese government provides Morocco with 5 scholarships for university, post-graduate and short-term training.

            These scholarships provide graduates from all fields with the opportunity to pursue doctoral or postdoctoral research in Morocco at universities or recognized research institutions.

The Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI): (http://www.amci.ma/)

            The Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI), headquartered in Rabat, was created in 1986 as a dynamic, flexible and efficient tool for executing the Kingdom's foreign cooperation policy.

            The AMCI carries out its actions in close coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and in partnership with all the ministerial departments and the Moroccan public institutions concerned.

            The mission of AMCI is to develop, expand and strengthen all cultural, scientific, technical and economic relations with partner countries, particularly in the context of South-South cooperation.

           The AMCI has the responsibility for implementing the particular following actions:

1.      Cultural and scientific cooperation actions;

2.      Technical cooperation actions;

3.      Actions relating to the implementation of projects of an economic and social nature;

4.      Humanitarian actions.