Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 15 welcomed the signing of cooperation agreements on rice production, processing and exports between Vietnam and Thailand while receiving Thai Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai in Hanoi on May 15.

Mr Dung said that the signing of the agreements between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Thai Ministry of Commerce the same day will help bring practical benefit to both countries.

He proposed that the two ministries regularly share experiences and effectively implement their signed agreements, especially those on rice exports, trade promotion and market management.

For her part, Porntiva Nakasai briefed PM Dung on the results of her working session with the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, and pledged to realise the agreements signed with the Vietnamese side.  

She noted that trade ties between the two countries have grown and flourished in recent years, reaching US$6.2 billion in 2008, up 31 percent against 2007.

Source: VN NET