Alexander Lukashenko: Political relations of Belarus and Vietnam far ahead of trade

The Head of State has met with Vietnamese Ambassador to Belarus Le Anh who is completing the diplomatic mission in our country.

Alexander Lukashenko notes that political relations are much ahead of trade. The Head of State thanked the diplomat for the work over the last three years. At the end of 2017, the trade turnover between Minsk and Hanoi reached $ 135 million. The ambitious task is to increase the figures by two and a half times by the end of next year. This was agreed last summer by the leaders of the two countries during the official visit of the President of Vietnam to Belarus. 500 million dollars is the volume of trade that corresponds to the potential of the two countries. Our countries are united by MAZs, BelAZ trucks, tractors and foodstuffs. But cooperation is much broader: the states are connected by tourism, hotel and restaurant business, cooperation in the sphere of education and culture.

New directions that are interesting for Vietnam are construction, military-technical complex, creation of modern materials. A big economic talk between the countries is expected in December at Vietnam Expo 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City. Almost three dozen Belarusian companies have already confirmed their participation in it. The forum will be the main negotiating platform of the Asian region for concluding profitable contracts.