Hanoi (VNA) – MostafaMousavi, head of the Iran-Vietnam Joint Chamber of Commerce, has describedVietnam as a trade hub in East Asia.
The Iran Daily cited Mousavi as saying that since the start of the trade warbetween China and the US, European states have concentrated on Vietnam and haveestablished their technological and production bases in the Southeast Asiancountry.
Many of the world’s major cellphone and auto companies have set up productionlines in Vietnam, Mousavi said.
Vietnam has a much higher economic capacity than many other countries, makingit a suitable option for Iran to expand economic cooperation, he added.
According to the businessman, Vietnam has pursued an open economic policy overthe years and has made very good technological and economic advances.
Statistical analyses show that Vietnam has enjoyed the fastest economic growthin the world over the past decade, the daily stressed.
According to the newspaper, annual trade between Iran andVietnam reached 350 million USD in the previous Iranian calendar (which endedin March 2019), witnessing 100 percent growth year-on-year./.
Iran wishes to promote comprehensive partnership with Vietnam, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan during their meeting in Hanoi on April 16.
There are plenty of room for Vietnamese and Iranian enterprises to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas, petrochemicals, port, information and technology, telecommunication and tourism, said Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong stated that Vietnam treasures developing friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Iran, during talks with Iran’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Morteza Sarmadi in Hanoi on March 11.
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