There is ample room to promote trade between Vietnam and Russia’s Far East, head of the Vietnam Trade Office Branch in the Far East region Nguyen Hong Thanh has said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

There is ample room to promote trade between Vietnam and Russia’s Far East, head of the Vietnam Trade Office Branch in the Far East region Nguyen Hong Thanh said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) ahead of the state visit to Vietnam by President Vladimir Putin.

An online conference on Vietnam-Russia tourism cooperation has been recently held by the Vietnam Trade Office Branch in the Far East region, with the aim of attracting more tourists from the Far East and Siberia regions to the Southeast Asian nation.

A roundtable on prospects for trade cooperation between Vietnam and Russia's Far East region was held by the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in Vladivostosk on June 15.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh held working sessions with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev in the Russian city of Vladivostok on September 5.

President Truong Tan Sang asked Russia’s Primorye authorities to enlarge its market and connect with neighbouring regions so that Vietnamese products can get access to the Far East.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang has met with several Russian officials on ways to promote trade and investment connections between the two countries.