According to Argentine ambassador Luis Pablo Maria Beltramino, parties in Argentina have expressed their interest in Vietnamese tropical fruits, hoping that Vietnam will help the South American country understand more about the products. During a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh, the ambassador said Argentina has opened door for Vietnamese lychee, longan, mango and dragon fruit.
Doanh stated that, despite difficulties caused by the pandemic last year, two-way trade still reached 3.95 billion USD, up 4.3 percent against 2019. Argentina is now Vietnam’s third largest trade partner in South America, after Brazil and Mexico. The two countries have great potential for agricultural cooperation and their products are reciprocal, he added.
The deputy minister underlined the imbalance in farm produce trade between the two countries, with Vietnam’s exports valued at only about 3 million USD each year, while its imports from Argentina is estimated at 3 billion USD, urging the two sides to work together to deal with the imbalance.
Source: en.vietnamplus.vn