Lukashenko: Belarus-Vietnam trade might exceed $500m in a few years

       Belarus believes that the trade with Vietnam will be able to exceed $500 million in the next few years. President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made this statement as he met with Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung.
Alexander Lukashenko emphasized that Belarus is keen to establish very close ties with Vietnam:
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       I am confident that the ongoing visit of the Vietnamese Premier to Belarus will help intensify the bilateral cooperation across all the areas. The bilateral trade of nearly $200 million falls short of the cooperation potential of the two countries. We could do much better, because Vietnam is a huge country with 90 million people. Besides, Vietnam is among the countries we have no problems with. There are no forbidden topics in the bilateral relations. We do not hide it, we can cooperate in all the fields: from supplies of common consumer goods to military cooperation.
      Nguyen Tan Dung noted that the two countries have developed strong and long-standing bonds of friendship and expressed determination to advance our relations:
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        The people of Vietnam will never forget the help Belarus offered to Vietnam in the most difficult times. I want to assure you that the Vietnamese government and Vietnamese people have determination and political will to do their utmost to promote all-round cooperation with Belarusian friends and advance the bilateral relations to a brand new level.