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Viet Nam-Latin America Business Council established

(VGP - 05/07/2012) - The Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on July 5 announced the establishment of the Viet Nam-Latin America Business Council.
 
The Council will help strengthen business cooperation between Viet Nam and Latin America, and at the same time will gather Vietnamese businesses that are interested in expanding markets in Latin America.
 
The Council will serve as a policy dialogue mechanism between governments and businesses, as well as an organization that will link enterprises.

The move marks a new development in the relations between the two business communities and the long-term partnerships between them and their governments, hoping to boost Viet Nam-Latin America commercial and economic ties.

Viet Nam wants to strengthen its traditional friendship with Latin American nations, especially in trade, investment and tourism.

In addition to flourishing political and diplomatic ties, Viet Nam and Latin America have great potential for economic development  as they are strong in the areas that can supplement each other.

These areas include oil and gas exploration and processing, mineral exploitation, hydro, wind, and nuclear power, bio-products, agriculture and farm product processing.

Viet Nam’s major export items to these markets include footwear, garments, electronic devices, home appliances, rubber, electric engines, optical equipment, rice, coffee and coal, while it imports wood, paper pulp, raw leather, soybeans, fish powder, crude copper, steel foil, cotton and automobile parts.

However, aside from its traditional trade partners namely Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, commercial relations between Viet Nam and other countries in the region is still very limited due to language barriers, geographical distance and a general lack of information.

Moreover, Vietnamese and Latin American businesses have not had much chance to meet because op the relatively large costs for market research./.

 
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