Russian exports to Vietnam up despite COVID-19
Hanoi (VNA) - COVID-19 had no impact at all on
Russian exports to Vietnam, according to Robert Kurilo, chief representative of
the Russian Export Centre (REC) in Vietnam.
Russia’s Sputnik news agency quoted Kurilo as
saying that there was a significant increase in trade meetings between
enterprises from the two countries this year, with a great number of contracts
signed.
Of note, Tambov Bacon from Russia signed a
contract worth 4 million USD to supply pork to Vietnam, while the company
owning the “Mamrukovskoe” sunflower oil signed a contract worth 3 million USD
and the Garant Company, which provides canned meat products, signed a 2 million
USD deal with Vietnamese partners.
A number of Russian companies are also negotiating
to supply other goods to Vietnam, including baby food and natural juice.
Sputnik said Vietnamese importers have shown an
interest not only in food.
Through the REC, Russia signed a three-year
contract to export a batch of dolls worth nearly 1.5 million USD to Vietnam,
which have already appeared in stores of Vietnam’s largest bookstore chain,
FAHASA.
According to Kurilo, Russia has received requests
to provide maternal and child cosmetics, materials for animal feed production,
and birch plywood for Vietnamese furniture manufacturers.
The two countries are also discussing a number of
information technology projects related to the implementation of a “smart city”
programme from Russia in Vietnam.
The REC is working to provide financial and
non-financial support to Russia’s non-military, non-resource, and non-energy
exports./.