Ambassador Nguyen Dinh Thao (L) meets Argentinian entrepreneurs in Mendoza province (Photo: VNA)
Buenos Aires (VNA) – A delegation of the VietnameseEmbassy in Argentina visited Mendoza province from March 3-5, aiming to tighteninvestment and trade links.
Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Dinh Thao had aworking session with Mendoza Governor Alfredo Cornejo and attended a businessforum and the annual Grape Harvest Festival in the province.
At the meetings, Argentinian businesses showedinterest in Vietnamese products such as coffee, apparel and electronic goods.They said they want to introduce Malbec – a typical wine of the South Americancountry – to Vietnamese consumers, and they consider Vietnam a high potentialmarket.
Ambassador Thao told them that the wine marketin his country has been growing in recent years thanks to improving livingstandards.
Located about 1,000km west of Buenos Aires,Mendoza accounts for about five percent of Argentina’s area but accommodates upto 70 percent of the country’s total grape area. Grapes and grape products makeup about half of the province’s export revenue.
Trade between Vietnam and Argentina hasincreased considerably in recent years, reaching 3.03 billion USD in 2016 and isexpected to hit 3.5 billion USD this year.-VNA
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Ambassador Nguyen Dinh Thao (L) meets Argentinian entrepreneurs in Mendoza province (Photo: VNA) 
