Russian Gastro Week opens
VGP – The Russian Gastro Week is taking place in Ha Noi , bringing together more than 50 leading businesses from Russia .
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The two-day event aims at realising the Viet Nam – Russia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), as well as other FTAs between Viet Nam and the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Russian Ambassador to Viet Nam Konstantin Vnukov said the two-day fair is a culture-trade event to introduce products from top 50 Russian firms in agricultural processing, food, and beverage.
The event will contribute to optimizing the impact of the two countries’ free trade agreement for a US$10-billion bilateral trade goal by 2020, the diplomat noted.
In the first half of 2017, Russia’s export value of agricultural products to Viet Nam reached US$ 170 million, 9.3 times higher than the same period last year.
Russian customers have also shown great interest in Vietnamese products such as tea, coffee and pepper.
By Vien Nhu
