US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Vietnam is to further deepen the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is interested in expanding supplies of fish, vegetables and fruits from Vietnam.
Russian Prime Minister and PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to adopt measures to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement (FTA) on May 29, 2015.
Vietnam's tuna exports to China have risen sharply this year but exports to traditional markets like the US, EU and Japan have fallen.
The U.S. was Vietnam's first export market to break the $10 billion barrier in the first four months of the year.
Vietnam’s revenue from tra catfish exports to Thailand jumped 16.3 percent to $12.5 million in the first quarter of 2016.
A Russian state fund and a Vietnamese state firm plan to invest $500 million to promote trade between the two countries.
US and Vietnamese investors have sought Ho Chi Minh City's permission to develop a complex of office and entertainment buildings.
Japanese manufacturers are eyeing the ASEAN region, especially Vietnam, as an export base since the signing of the TPP in late 2015.
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