Vietnam and Iran should focus on promoting economic and trade cooperation to soon raise two-way trade value to 2 billion USD as agreed by leaders of both sides, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.
Iran wishes to promote comprehensive partnership with Vietnam, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan during their meeting in Hanoi on April 16.
There are plenty of room for Vietnamese and Iranian enterprises to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas, petrochemicals, port, information and technology, telecommunication and tourism, said Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani.