Russia to ship tumblers worth over 1.3 million USD to Vietnam
The Ho Chi Minh City-based Au Viet My Import-Export Trading Company has reached a 100 million ruble (over 1.3 million USD) deal to buy Nevalyashka tumbler dolls from Russia.
A person works on the Russian traditional tumblers (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) –The Ho Chi Minh City-based Au Viet My Import-Export Trading Company has reacheda 100 million ruble (over 1.3 million USD) deal to buy Nevalyashka tumbler dollsfrom Russia.
The deal with the KotovskyTumblers company in Russia’s Tambov province, is the first major contract onexports of the traditional Russian toy to the Vietnamesemarket.
Russian-based Interfax news agency quoted Dmitry Fedorov, Deputy GeneralDirector of Kotovsky Tumblers as saying that the deal will be carried out inphases and completed by June 2021, adding that the first consignment of 307tumblers will be sent to Vietnam next month.
The contract implementation is being made through the Russian Export Centre inVietnam in collaboration with the export centre of Tambov province.
The Russia-Vietnam cooperation continues to thrive despite the COVID-19pandemic, said Russian Export Centre in Vietnam, as Vietnamese firms havesought Russian suppliers in various sectors including foodstuff, paper, metalsand petrochemicals.
Statistics of the centre showed that Vietnam purchased non-energy and non-fuelproducts worth 562 million USD from Russia in 2019./.
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A person works on the Russian traditional tumblers (Photo: VNA) 
