Moscow (VNA) – A recent online meeting betweenVietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and his Russian counterpart DmitryChernyshenko has aroused the Russian media’s interest in the country’spotential automobile cooperation with Vietnam and the possibility of bringingRussian cars to the ASEAN market through the Southeast Asian nation.
An article published on Russia’s newspaper Independence on November12 projected Russian cars assembled in Vietnam are likely to be available inSoutheast Asian markets.
It noted that Russia is attentive to cooperation in theautomobile industry with Vietnamese partners, as it enables the establishmentof a centre for car production and export targeting customers in ASEAN memberstates.
The article revealed that in their meeting, the two officials,who also co-chair the nations’ inter-governmental committee on economy, trade,and science-technology, discussed the establishment of car assembling jointventures in Vietnam.
Echoing the view, another article posted on the Russian“customs forum” news site also highlighted the country’s attention to settingup these joint ventures and the centre.
The matters were also covered on the Russian Governmentportal, TASS Russian News Agency, and several other new sites./.