Argentina full of potentials for Vietnam
HANOI – President Truong Tan Sang
on Monday met with President Cristina Femandez de Kirchner of Argentina, who is
on an official visit to Vietnam, remarking her visit will bring the bilateral
relationship to a new height.
Sang said the visit would foster
the development of the friendship between Vietnam and Argentina, especially
when this year marks the 40th anniversary of establishment of the bilateral
diplomatic relations.
The two presidents discussed the
events to be held to celebrate this anniversary and the measures to strengthen
cooperation in various fields.
On the same day, Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung also had a meeting with President Cristina Femandez de
Kirchner.
The Prime Minister thanked the
country for its assistance for Vietnam’s socio-economic development.
In recent years, the
multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and Argentina has been developing in
a positive way, offering practical benefits for the development of the two
countries. Dung stated Vietnam would continue to join forces with Argentina to
promote in-depth development, quality and efficiency of the bilateral
cooperation.
In addition, the two sides will
promote cooperation in economics, trade, investment, agriculture,
science-technology, culture and education, with an aim to raise the two-way
trade turnover from the current level of US$1 billion, says a report on the
Government web portal chinhphu.vn.
President Cristina Femandez de
Kirchner expressed her pleasure at the developments in the Vietnam-Argentina
relations, saying Argentina looks forward to greater cooperation with Vietnam
in agricultural product processing, energy, mechanical engineering and
leather-footwear.
On the occasion of this visit,
the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the
Argentine Embassy in Hanoi organized a business forum with participation of
over 200 Argentine businessmen accompanying the visiting president and nearly
400 Vietnamese entrepreneurs, says a Vietnam News Agency report.
Vietnam’s export to Argentina
reached US$154.5 million in last year’s eleven-month period while the import
from this country amounted to US$859.8 million. Such figures are still modest
but marked a big step in the trade relations between the two countries compared
to five years ago.
Vietnam’s main products exported
to Argentina are apparels, footwear, rubber, electronic and electrical devices
and handicraft products. Meanwhile, Vietnam mainly imports soybean, wheat,
animal by-products, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, yarn, garment
materials, machines, auto components, milk products, wood, steel, cowhide and
wine.
Speaking at the seminar, Tran
Tuan Anh, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, said that with over 40 million
people, Argentina was a big market full of potentials for Vietnamese exporters
and investors. Vietnam will facilitate enterprises of the two countries to
penetrate each other’s market, targeting to achieve US$1.5 billion in two-way
trade in 2015.
Doan Duy Khuong, vice chairman of
the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said VCCI has set up the
Vietnam-Latin America business council to assist Vietnamese enterprises in
Latin American markets, inclusive of Argentina.
There are nearly 200 Argentine
enterprises accompanying Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in
her visit to Vietnam.
Guillermo Moreno, Argentina’s
Interior Commerce Secretary said that Vietnam was also a potential market for
Argentina.
Minh Duc - The Saigon Times Daily
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