Moscow (VNA) – Businesses fromVietnam and Russia exchanged information and introduced their products at aseminar held in the Russian oblast of Ivanovo on September 12-13.
Vice Chairwoman of the Russia-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation Regina Budarina hoped through the event, Russian and Vietnamesecompanies would sign contracts to help increase trade between the two countriesto 10 billion USD in the near future.
She said the association wants to contribute tothe development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation as well as connectVietnamese firms with Russian partners.
As part of the trade promotion programme,Vietnamese businesses had an opportunity to visit production and processingfacilities in Ivanovo and neighbouring areas to explore cooperation prospects.
Alexandra Zinovieva, director of the centre forsupporting development and exports of businesses in Ivanovo, highlighted thesound traditional ties between Vietnam and Russia.
She said that Russian businesses in general andparticularly enterprises in Ivanovo oblast want to cooperate with Vietnamesepartners./.