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'40 pc increase in bilateral trade between India and Vietnam'
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SME Times News Bureau | 08 Nov, 2017
There has been an over 40 per cent increase in bilateral trade between
India and Vietnam in the first nine months of this year compared to the
same period last year, Vietnamese Ambassador Ton Sinh Thanh said on
Tuesday.
He added that this growth was "much higher" than growth
in Vietnam's bilateral trade with any other country and also made India
one of the top ten trading partners of Vietnam.
"There has been
significant improvement in bilateral relations especially in the last
one year. Economic relations have improved significantly especially in
trade and investment fronts," Ton Sinh Thanh said during a talk on
India-Vietnam relations at the Foreign Correspondents' Club here.
"During
the first nine months of this year, bilateral trade has reached $5.6
billion as per our data. According to Indian data from the Commerce and
Trade Ministry, it is even higher at $6.26 billion," he said.
The Ambassador said that at this rate, the bilateral trade would cross the $10 billion mark this year itself.
"We also hope to achieve the target of reaching the $15 billion by 2020, a target set by our leaders," he added.
He
said India was also now one of the top ten trading partners of Vietnam
and also ranked 15 among all foreign investors in the country.
"There
has been progress in investment as well with 36 new Indian projects
started in first ten months of this year worth a total of $182 million,"
Sinh Thanh said.
He added that India was one of the closest
friends of Vietnam and the two countries shared good relations on other
fronts as well including tourism, diplomatic ties as well as politics.
"Our relation with India is now better than ever, and free from any problem," he said.
Vietnam
and India are celebrating 2017 as Friendship Year which marks the 45th
anniversary of their diplomatic relation and 10 years of strategic
partnership, he said.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister is expected to visit India in January when he would also attend the Republic Day celebrations.
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