MOSCOW — Almost 400 businesses attended a Viet Nam-Russia economic forum entitled "Strategic partnership – comprehensive co-operation" in Moscow on Wednesday.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation George Petrov said Russia and Viet Nam had combined actions based on a fine traditional friendship, mutual trust and understanding, active political dialogue and co-operation for mutual interest.
Two-way trade value recorded a year-on-year increase of 8.2 per cent to more than US$1.5 billion in 2009 despite the global economic crisis and reached $924 million in the first half of this year, he said.
Viet Nam now had 59 Russian-invested projects totalling more than $576 million, excluding those in the oil and gas industry, he added.
However, Petrov noted, the two countries had yet to bring into play the full potential of the bilateral relationship.
He suggested businesses from the two countries increase contacts, exchange market information and further co-ordinate with each other to gain access to other regional markets.
He expressed his hope that both countries would sign a number of co-operation agreements to further promote the strategic partnership and comprehensive co-operation during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's upcoming visit to Viet Nam. Petrov also called on Vietnamese businesses to invest in and co-operate with Russia's Far East and Sibir regions.
Vice President of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Pham Gia Tuc took the opportunity to introduce almost 100 Vietnamese businesses participating in the Viet Nam Days in Russia Expo and the VCCI's business promotion and connectivity activities.
For his part, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang spoke of the advantages of Viet Nam's business and investment environment, saying that the nation was an active developing market which is safe, stable and deeply integrated in the global economy.
Viet Nam's policy on foreign-invested businesses considered them as one of its own and created favourable conditions for investors, he confirmed.
He called on overseas Vietnamese businesspeople in Russia to invest directly or through joint ventures in their home country.
A seminar on the establishment of representative offices for Vietnamese businesses in Russia and a meeting between businesses from the two countries took place within the framework of the forum. — VNS
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