Get-together for business and media representatives in Moscow
(VOV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia held a get-together for Russian and Vietnamese business and media representatives in Moscow on February 28.
Also present were officials from Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Economic Development Ministry, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and related agencies.
Ambassador Pham Xuan Son highlighted the growing bilateral ties in various fields despite the negative impact of the global economic crisis. He said the two-way trade turnover hit a record high of more than US$3.6 billion in 2012 after Vietnam and Russia established their comprehensive strategic partnership following State Present Truong Tan Sang’s official visit to Moscow. The figure is expected to reach US$7 billion by 2015.
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| Vietnam-Russia Business Meeting in Hanoi in November 2012 |
Last year, Vietnam welcomed nearly 200,000 Russian tourists, Son added.
He informed that National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay official visits to Russia later this year.
The two countries are going ahead with a number of projects as approved at the 15th meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic-Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation, Son said.
The Vietnamese diplomatic revealed that Vietnam and the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia will start their negotiations on free trade area (FTA) establishment at the end of this month.
Russian participants spoke highly of the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries and expressed hopes that the FTA agreement between Vietnam, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia will be signed soon to boost bilateral and multilateral cooperation, especially on trade, high technology, fuel, energy, and farm produce.