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Uzbekistan’s honorary consulate office opens in Hanoi

An honorary consulate office for Uzbekistan in Vietnam officially opened in Hanoi on August 27.
An honorary consulate office for Uzbekistan in Vietnam officially opened in Hanoi on August 27.

The event took place before representatives from the Ministry ofForeign Economic Relations of Uzbekistan, and the Ministries of ForeignAffairs and Industry and Trade of Vietnam.

Le Van Nghia, who was selected by the two governments as honoraryconsul as of February 2009, said that the office will coordinate withrelevant agencies to organise cultural exchanges, and conferences andfairs on tourism and agriculture in Uzbekistan’s capital city ofTashkent as well as work with Vietnamese agencies and sectors onsending students and officials to Uzbekistan for study.

Vietnam and Uzbekistan established diplomatic ties on January 17,1992. The two countries set up an inter-governmental committee oneconomic, commercial, scientific and technological cooperation in 1996.

At present, there is demand from the Uzbekistani market for tropicalfarm produce like tea, coffee and rubber, foodstuffs, handicrafts andelectronics from Vietnam . It is able to supply Vietnam with cotton,nonferrous metals, fertilizer and machines.

Two-way trade between the two countries reached 4.8 million USD in 2006, 6.6 million USD in 2007 and 8.3 million USD in 2008.

In 2008, Vietnam earned almost 2.5 million USD from Uzbekistan and imported goods worth 5.8 million USD./.
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