Vietnam hopes to establish long-term stable trade and investment ties with Australia and receive technology in sustainable coal mining and processing from Australia, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will consider importing coal from South Africa to feed coal fired power plants as it has an increasing power demand for economic recovery.

VOV.VN - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is Vietnam’s leading economic and trade partner in the Middle East, and Vietnam wants to expand all-round cooperation with the state, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien who was visiting the UAE.

Vietnam hopes Gabon will act as a bridge helping it expand trade ties with other countries in Central Africa, and that the two sides will boost connections in the industries they have strength in, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has said.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak on March 23 co-chaired the 15th meeting of the Vietnam – Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in the form of teleconference.

Vietnam always wishes to be a long-term and stable rice supplier for Sierra Leone as its domestic production has not yet met the demand, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said at a recent meeting with Sierra Leone’s counterpart Edward Hinga Sandy.

Vietnam is looking forward to Malaysia’s support to develop Halal food industry, contributing to lifting the bilateral trade to US$18 billion by 2025, Ministry of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told his Malaysian counterpart Mohamed Azmin Ali during their recent meeting in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always views and expects the US to be one of its most important partners, both in words and actions, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said while meeting with US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper on March 21 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a phone conversation with New Zealand's Minister of Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor on March 17 to discuss the United States’ initiative to develop the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a working session with Singaporean Minister for Manpower, and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng, on the occasion of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s State visit to Singapore from February 24 - 26.