The Vietnamese Embassy in Morocco and Côte d'Ivoire has recently collaborated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency and the Côte d'Ivoire Chamber of Commerce and Industry to organise a webinar connecting businesses of the two countries, and introducing the Vietnamese market.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Morocco and Côte d'Ivoire hasrecently collaborated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Trade PromotionAgency and the Côte d'Ivoire Chamber of Commerce and Industry to organise a webinar connecting businesses of the two countries, and introducing theVietnamese market.
Speaking at the event, Dang Thi Thu Ha, VietnameseAmbassador to Morocco and Côte d'Ivoire, said that Côte d'Ivoire is one of theleading economies in West Africa and has great potential in economic and tradecooperation with Vietnam.
With a population of nearly 26.5 million people, this is acountry with strong commodity consumption, but its requirements for productstandards are not too strict.
Côte d'Ivoire is also rich in natural resources, with anabundant source of raw materials for many manufacturing industries that Vietnamcan access and exploit, including some products that Vietnam has been importingwith high volumes such as raw cashew nuts, cotton, and raw materials for animalfeed, Ha said.
In the coming time, the embassy will coordinate withrelevant domestic authorities such as the Ministry of Industry and Trade, theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Institute for African andMiddle East Studies to hold both online and in-person activities to connectVietnamese and Cote d'Ivoire partners, she added.
Côte d'Ivoire is Vietnam’s second largest trading partner inAfrica, after South Africa, and the fourth largest export market of Vietnam inthis continent, after South Africa, Egypt and Ghana.
In 2021, bilateral trade recorded strong recovery after aperiod of decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a totalturnover of nearly 1.26 billion USD, up 38.7% compared to 2020, of which Vietnam'sexports reached 266.2 million USD, up 1.2% and imports 992.3 million USD, up54%.
Faman Touré, Chairman of the Côte d'Ivoire Chamber ofCommerce and Industry, said that the chamber will organise a businessdelegation to visit Vietnam in September to seek more business and investmentopportunities.
Many enterprises registered to participate in thisdelegation right at the webinar./.
The Trade Promotion Agency under Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) stands ready to support and create favourable conditions for companies of Vietnam and Côte d'Ivoire to promote bilateral trade in the future, its director Vu Ba Phu has said.
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Delegates attend the webinar (Photo: VNA) 
