The Group is the first friendship organisation linking Argentina’s National Assembly with a South-East Asian nation.

Addressing the meeting, Vietnamese ambassador to Argentina Thai Van Lung congratulated the founding of the group and called it an important step forward in bilateral relations.

Julia Perie, Chairwoman of the Group, said the group will strengthen the friendship between the two countries by promoting cultural exchanges and trade cooperation.

To date, Argentina’s Lower House has founded 28 friendship parliamentarians’ groups, including 9 in Asia, and it is scheduled to establish 6 more groups on this continent.

The Argentina-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group was founded in the spirit of developing bilateral relations. Last year, the turnover of bilateral trade reached a record US$339 million. In just the first six months of this year, it already exceeded that number.