PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia needs to draw lessons from Vietnam’s attainment as one of the world’s leading agricultural exporters. The Head of State has since called for an economic partnership with Vietnam, whose agricultural exports reached approximately US$70.1 billion in 2025. President Hichilema said this when he met former Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture Dr Cao Duc Phat. In a statement issued by State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka, President Hichilema said the Presidential Irrigation Programme was central to Zambia’s agricultural transformation, aimed at reducing dependence on rain-fed agriculture. “President Hakainde Hichilema and his Cabinet today met former Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture Dr Cao Duc Phat, who presented on Vietnam’s transformation from subsistence farming into one of the world’s...