In the year, many Vietnamese businesses visited Switzerland to seek business partners in agricultural and aquatic product processing, handicraft, textile, engineering, fertilizer and other industries.

Meanwhile, more and more small and medium-sized Swiss enterprises expressed their hopes to find and work with Vietnamese partners to raise their competitive edge in Vietnam .

Last year, the bilateral trade turnover reached US$2.47 billion  in the first 10 months, about five times higher than last year’s figure. Of the amount, Vietnam ’s exports earned US$2.1 billion , up 612 percent. Switzerland ’s exports to Vietnam were also up 81 percent year on year, hitting US$375 million.