Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Nguyen Xuan Cuong had a working session in Hanoi on March 6 withPresident Viktor Linnik of the Miratong Agribusiness Holding, one of thebiggest meat suppliers of Russia.
Speaking at the session, Minister Cuong said as Vietnam now needsto import a large quantity of pork, chicken, wheat and soya bean, the goup canboost its exports to Vietnam at an early date.
He further pointed out that Miratorg can also import anumber of Vietnam’s exports such as tra fish, shrimp, coffee and pepper, addingthis means the two countries’ agricultures are supplementary.
For his part, Viktor briefed his host on his group’scapacity, adding the group can export meats and materials for producing animalfeeds at competitive prices and quantity, and it will focus on imports fromVietnam in the time to come.
Vietnam and Russia have signed seven cooperation documentson animal health, quarantine, plant protection and food safety. Two-way tradevalue of farm produce amounted to about 1.35 billion USD in 2018 from theprevious level of only 500 million USD. However, the figure last year fell to900 million USD as a result of the strong fall recorded in Russia’s export ofwheat products and fertilisers to Vietnam and Vietnam’s export of coffee,pepper and rubber to Russia./.
