Viet Nam have engaged actively in SSC and is one of the key providers of medium to long-term technical assistance in the FAO’s SSC framework, only second to China.

In 2011, an FAO-facilitated SSC was launched to improve the aquaculture sector in Namibia through aquafeed production, species diversification and the development of aquaculture in dry lands. Viet Nam supplied three long-term experts and five technicians who were supported by funding from the Government of Spain to Namibia. Early results show a substantial improvement in African catfish survival rates, by increasing feeding frequency and the use of live food and artificial feed. Success has also been recorded in the breeding and rearing of catfish as well as three-spotted tilapia. The exchange enabled the Department of Aquaculture in Namibia to identify and promote improved aquaculture practices and technologies at the national level, through  effective extension services, which led to their uptake by the local fish farmers.

SSC is one of the efficient and effective means to help eliminate hunger and food insecurity.There is mutual interest of FAO and Viet Nam to work together to bridge the knowledge gap in food and agriculture among less developed countries and hence contribute to eradicating hunger and malnutrition in the world. This could be materialized through an emerging SSC Framework Agreement between FAO and Viet Nam in the coming time.