The forum was intended to identify investment potential and opportunities of each side, thus enabling businesses, investors and international organisations to make investment decisions.

PM Chinh said Vietnam Vietnam needs resources and external support to develop its capital, stock, bond and credit markets. He expressed his hope that Luxembourg will share its experience in these fields.

He said the Vietnamese Government has been doing its best to improve the investment and business environment.

Luxembourg is running 58 projects worth over 2.6 billion USD in Vietnam, ranking 17th out of 141 countries and territories investing in the Southeast Asian nation.

Luxembourg is also the third largest European investor in Vietnam, with capital mainly poured into information-communications, and real estate.

The two-way trade reached 181.6 million USD last year, a rise of 64%./.

VNA