Vietnamese CC terms cooperation in textile, seafood & pharma sectors positive

Vietnamese Commercial Counselor Nguyen Hong Tien, who is leading a 15-member Vietnamese trade delegation, has said that a large number of companies, investors and tourist firms of his country want to explore Pakistan.

Speaking at a meeting of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) here on Thursday, he said that cooperation in sectors of textile, seafood and pharma between both countries is very positive and many joint ventures can be possible in these fields.

Gulzar Firoz said, "Vietnam has a great production capacity in shoemaking, but they were buying Pakistani leather from third parties, we want them to buy leather directly from us."

Ghazanfar Ali Khan introduced delegation members to local industrialists and investors.

He said that this visit of Vietnamese delegation would prove a milestone in increasing bilateral trade and financial relations between Pakistan and Vietnam.

After the luncheon, B2B meetings were held between guest delegation and local industrialists and investors at KATI.

SVP KATI, Ikram Rajput briefed the delegation about the scope of Korangi Industrial Area.

He mentioned that while both countries have a good bilateral trade relation but there are vast fields of opportunities in pharmaceutical, textile, leather, Seafood and tourism sectors to boost the volume of trade and investments.

Rajput highlighted the importance of business to business relations and contact to strengthen bilateral trade and financial relations.