A get-together for overseas Vietnamese in Sweden and Latvia to welcome the Lunar New Year 2024 has been held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Sweden.

This day, January 11, 55 years ago, Vietnam and Sweden set up their diplomatic ties. Over the past 55 years, the two countries have actively built, nurtured and developed their relations, and gained pride-worthy achievements in various fields.

Trade between Vietnam and Sweden has been growing steadily for many years, with the North European country’s imports rising 9% annually during 2018 - 2022, a relatively impressive figure, an official has said.

VOV.VN - There remains ample room for the nation and Sweden to boost ties in a multitude of fields, especially those of each other’s strength and demand, Vietnamese Ambassador to Sweden Tran Van Tuan said in a recent media interview given on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of both nations’ diplomatic relations.

Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat, and head of the committee’s Organisation Commission paid a working visit to Sweden from October 28 – November 1.

The Trade Office of Vietnam in Sweden said that in order to support enterprises exporting to the EU in general and the Nordic countries in particular, it has compiled the book about the common European agreements and their impacts on exporters to the Nordic region.

Sweden is an important Northern European market of Vietnam, and there remains much potential for the two countries to continue expanding bilateral trade, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Ann Måwe on May 9.

VOV.VN - The Open Trade Gate Sweden (OTGS) is scheduled to host a webinar on April 20 to provide Vietnamese businesses with relevant information about opportunities to boost the export of food ingredients to the Swedish market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.

VOV.VN - The recent participation of Vietnamese businesses in the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023 has served to create a wealth of opportunities to increase the export of Vietnamese furniture moving forward, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.

VOV.VN - The People's Committee of Quang Tri province unveiled on February 13 that the first batch of 15 tonnes of organic rice had been officially exported to the EU.