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Argentine businesses keen on doing business in VN

The Vietnamese embassy in Argentina on August 24 hosted a get-together with 60 local enterprises who are interested in doing business in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese embassy in Argentina on August 24 hosted a get-togetherwith 60 local enterprises who are interested in doing business inVietnam.

They were coming from mining, tourism, lawconsultant, transport, confectionary, electric and electronic importand export, food, seafood, chemical, rubber, pharmacy, leather andmachinery industries.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Dao reaffirmed trade development priority in Vietnam ’s foreign policy.

He also said the Vietnamese embassy is willing to support Argentineanenterprises to seek partners and learn about import-export demands aswell as related issues of the Southeast Asian country.

Vietnam-Argentinabilateral trade value has seen increases over the last 15 years,reaching 653.2 million USD in 2009, including 53.39 million USD worth ofVietnam ’s exports.

Vietnam exports footwear,rubber, garment, agro products, agricultural machinery, mechanicalinstruments, handicrafts, electronic appliances, wood, sports andplastic products to Argentina while importing soybean, animal feed,fruit, seafood, wine, material leather, wood, chemical andpharmaceutical products from the Latin American country./.
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