Vietnamese and Polish entrepreneurs gathered in a meeting in Hanoi on March 11 to strengthen mutual understanding in order to promote trade and economic ties.

At the meeting held by the Polish Embassy, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu called on the entrepreneurs to carry on seeking business opportunities towards specific contracts. He said he hoped bilateral trade ties would be raised to a new height in the coming time.

Two-way trade standing at 230 million USD last year has not yet matched the potentials of the two countries, said Tu.

Tu went on to say that Poland has great development potential in Europe and its integration into the European Union has created conditions for Vietnam to expand relations with the EU.

Poland will be a gate to the EU for Vietnam ’s exports, affirmed Tu.

Referring to the economic structure, Tu reckoned that the two economies could support each other well.

For his part, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pawel Wojciechowski suggested that the two countries should explore new fields of cooperation, such as hi-technology, public services, environmental protection, agriculture and tourism in addition to heavy industries, namely mining, energy and shipbuilding.

The two countries should promptly wrap up negotiations and sign investment protection and encouragement agreements, hold more exchanges of business delegations, strengthen trade promotion activities and create favourable conditions for entrepreneurs to meet each other, the entrepreneurs agreed./.