Bilateral trade revenue between Vietnam and Denmark hit around 480 million U.S. dollars in 2014, up 6.45 percent year-on-year, said Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on January 20.
Addressing the Vietnam-Denmark business conference held in Hanoi on Monday, Tran Tuan Anh, MoIT deputy minister said Vietnam’ s export revenue to Denmark in 2014 witnessed a year-on-year increase of 14.9 percent to reach nearly 300 million U.S. dollars.
Denmark ranked the 25th out of 101 economies investing into Vietnam, with focus on industrial manufacturing, construction, agriculture, forestry, and service among others.
At a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City the Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation Mr. Mogens Jensen summed up the key results and events from his visit to Vietnam in January.
At the press conference the Minister said that the fruitful meetings during his visit, including meetings with representatives from some of the many Danish companies in Vietnam, have given him a good impression of Vietnam as a vibrant society that is developing fast.
The Minister also highlighted that Danish companies have strong and unique competencies which match the needs and challenges Vietnam is facing right now within a wide range of sectors.
Source: Danish Embassy in Vietnam
