HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam and Cuba have committed to promoting technical co-operation in sport by exchanging coaches and specialists as well as sharing training materials.

A five-year 2015-2020 agreement to this effect was signed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Cuban National Institute of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation in Ha Noi on November 19.

Both sides will encourage coaches and experts to join seminars, training courses and scientific conferences held in each country while improving sport capacity in terms of information technology, infrastructure, academic exchange, doping control, among others.

They also agreed to discuss annual plans to hold friendly matches. — VNS