Vietnam has set a target of becoming an industrialised country with highly competitive industries, and among the world's top 15 exporters by the end of 2030.
At the meeting (Photo: congthuong.vn) So said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien during his co-chairmanship with Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak of the virtual 15th meeting of the Vietnam – Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee on economic - trade and scientific - technical cooperation. Regarding economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An said during the meeting that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the two-way trade turnover in 2021 reached USD168.8 million, an increase of 131.6% compared to 2020. After the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union took effect, bilateral trade recorded a high growth rate with traditional exports from Vietnam such as seafood, vegetables, cashew nuts, rubber, machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, phones and components; as well as goods imported from Belarus to Vietnam such as fertilizers, spare par
Domestic enterprises need to increase their initiative in seizing incentives in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to optimise the deal, experts said.