Vietnam-Russia trade targets 20 bln USD

Vietnam and Russia have all the necessary conditions to bring two-way trade turnover to 20 billion USD by 2020, according to Russia ’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development Aleksei Likhachev.
Vietnam and Russia have all the necessary conditions to bring two-way trade turnover to 20 billion USD by 2020, according to Russia ’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development Aleksei Likhachev.

The deputy minister, who is making a working visit to Vietnam , expressed his view during an August 23 exchange with ITAR-TASS reporters.

He noted that two-way trade turnover between the two countries has seen an annual growth of around 30 percent, to exceed 3.6 billion USD last year and possibly reach 4 billion USD this year.

Vietnam and Russia have set the target of increase two-way trade exchange to 7 billion USD by 2015, and if the existing dynamic trend is maintained, their bilateral trade may hit 20 billion USD by 2020, he added.-VNA

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