Buenos Aires (VNA) – Vietnam and Argentina have enjoyed thriving relationssince they established diplomatic ties in 1973 and especially after theyelevated the ties to a comprehensive partnership in 2010.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Dang Xuan Dung made the statement during atalk with students from the Argentina University of Enterprises (UADE) on March21.
Stressing the robust bilateral trade which stood at more than 3 billion USD in2016, Dung said Vietnam is the second most important economic partner ofArgentina in Asia and the South American nation is Vietnam’s second largesttrade partner in the continent.
Despite numerous challenges, Vietnam is one of the leading economies in SoutheastAsia, with GDP growth of 6.8 percent, inflation at 3.16 percent and trade valuehitting a record 400 billion USD in 2017, he noted.
Regarding the country’s foreign policy, Dung said that Vietnam pursues a policyof multilateralisation, diversification in external relations and intensiveinternational integration.
Vietnam has set up diplomatic ties with more than 180 countries worldwide, ofwhich it has strategic relations with 16 countries and comprehensivepartnerships with 10 others.
Responding to UADE students’ questions on Vietnam’s relations with foreignnations, Dung stressed that Vietnam has been a responsible member of theinternational community and always wants to be faithful friends of foreignnations.-VNA