Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh to be the new Head of the Việt Nam Subcommittee of the Việt Nam-Argentina Intergovernmental Committee.
The 2nd meeting of the Việt Nam-Argentina Intergovernmental Committee on economic, culture, scientific and technological cooperation was held in Buenos Aires capital from May 6-8, 2009.
Trade ties between the two countries increased 13 times over the past decade. Last year’s bilateral trade volume reached US $ 424 million but potential still remains vast, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.
Việt Nam and Argentina set up diplomatic relation on October 25, 1973. So far, the both sides have signed nearly 30 cooperative agreements covering various fields, including economics and trade, investment promotion and protection, and agriculture.
By Hải Minh
