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At the signing ceremony in Hanoi on August 14, Vietrade Director Vu Ba Phu said
the MoU will serve as a cornerstone for the two sides to further cooperate in
trade promotion and bring businesses of Vietnam and Uruguay closer, thereby
raising bilateral trade revenue in the coming time.
He expressed his hope that the sides will increase the exchange of business
delegations to enhance mutual understanding and deepen relations between
Vietnamese and Uruguayan firms.
According to statistics, two-way trade stood at 140 million USD in 2018, a
year-on-year rise of 19 percent. Of the figure, Vietnam exported 82 million USD
worth of goods to the South American nation, up 17.3 percent from the previous
year.
Vietnam’s key export staples included footwear, garments, computers, electronic
products and spare parts, aquatic products, mobile phones and spare parts, and
rattan, bamboo and sedge products, among others.
Meanwhile, the country mostly imported timber and wooden products, leather and
footwear materials, pharmaceutical products, milk and dairy products, cattle
feed and chemicals from Uruguay.
Source: VNA
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