The French Minister of Foreign Trade, Nicole Bricq will visit Vietnam
from April 7-9, according to a statement released by the ministry on
April 5.
The visit is part of her working tour of Southeast Asia.
The statement says Vietnam is considered a “new dragon” with an
average economic growth rate of 7 percent over the last 10 years. It
is also listed as one of the newly emerged economies.
However, trade exchanges between Vietnam and France have not met
the expectations of the two countries. France ’s market share in
Vietnam is only one percent while the figure in other ASEAN countries
is 1.5 percent.
The foreign trade minister’s
working visit aims to boost trade relations between the two countries,
based on fostering the business of French companies in this potential
market.-VNA