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The best goods from Hanoi are being showcased in Moscow with a view to benefiting both local consumers and Vietnamese businesses which want to seek partnerships in Russia.

The free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam will take effect on October 5, Minister for Trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Veronika Nikishina said.

A Russian expert on Asia-Pacific and the ASEAN from the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies has hailed Vietnam as an attractive market for investors and a highly competitive economy.

Trade revenues between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are expected to increase to 10-12 billion USD by 2020, after a free trade agreement between the two sides takes effect in 2016.

Domestic enterprises will receive support for their participation in the Ho Chi Minh City Products Week, which will take place from October 6-14 in Moscow, Russia.

Vietnam will continue to attach importance to developing friendship and cooperation with its traditional friends, including Belarus, President Tran Dai Quang told Belarusian out-going Ambassador.

Kazakh Ambassador to Vietnam Bakytzhan Zhumagulov has suggested Kazakhstan and Vietnam team up in railway transportation at a press conference in Hanoi on June 23.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam on May 31.

All countries in Asia-Pacific should join hands to promote peace and stability for the region’s growth and world peace and prosperity, President Tran Dai Quang told Russian news agency TASS.

Thailand and Russian agreed to barter farm products for helicopters during Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s recent visit to the European country, said Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.

The success of projects under the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union free trade agreement will contribute to boosting the signing of similar deals between the union and other countries in Asia-Pacific.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev emphasised the resolve to enhance the countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership during talks in Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin put his signature to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam on May 1.

The Russian Council of the Federation on April 27 ratified the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Thailand and Russia are targeting to increase the value of their bilateral trade fivefold in the next five years, announced Thai Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn on February 26.

Kazakhstan has ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

The upper chamber of the Kazakhstani parliament has ratified a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam, according to the Russian news agency TASS on February 11.

A workshop was recently held in Moscow to highlight the dialogue partnership between Russia and ASEAN.

President Truong Tan Sang met with visiting Russian First Deputy Prime Minister I. Shuvalov in Hanoi in on December 15.

The Vietnam - Russia Business Forum took place on December 14, discussing the two sides’ economic cooperation within the framework of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the EAEU.