OREANDA-NEWS. April 07, 2010. The forum of business circles of Uzbekistan and Vietnam was held in Tashkent.

The participants of the event considered issues of development of bilateral trade, economic and investment cooperation.

Minister of Economy of Uzbekistan Sunatilla Bekenov and Vice Prime Minister of Vietnam Hoang Chung Hai chaired the forum.

The Vietnamese businessmen received information on the priority directions of attraction of investments in the economy of Uzbekistan.

Vietnam is one of the reliable partners of Uzbekistan in the Asia-Pacific region. The cooperation between the two countries is based on many interstate, intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents.

In Uzbekistan, 10 joint ventures created with Vietnamese investments operate. They specialize on trade, food and silk industries.

Hoang Chung Hai praised the current level of cooperation between the two countries and expressed readiness of Vietnam’s businesses to expand cooperation with Uzbekistan.

At the end of the business forum, a cooperation exchange with participation of Uzbek and Vietnamese companies was held.

The members of the Vietnam’s delegation also visited a number of ministries and departments of Uzbekistan for talks on cooperation development.