Vietnamese businesses join trade promotion event in Russia

Moscow, December 27 (VNA) – Six Vietnamese businesses, including Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), participated in a trade promotion event in Russia’s Kaluga city on December 23-24. The function was jointly held by the Russia-Vietnam friendship association and the export promotion centre of Russia’s Kalyga Oblast. A business-to-business discussion was conducted to study difficulties, advantages, and recommendations of Vietnamese firms. Afterwards, Vietnamese enterprises visited manufacturing plants in Russia. Twenty-five Russian businesses registered to join trade promotion with Vietnamese counterparts in various fields such as food, fertiliser, and equipment manufacturing. With a developed economy, Kaluga has attracted many investors, Marina Tumanova, an expert from the Kaluga export promotion centre said. She added that the centre prepared a list of Russian partners for the Vietnamese side to select. The direction of promotion this time is made-in-Russia food, agricultural equipment, and fertiliser, she noted./.