Russia, Vietnam to double trade by 2015
During Russia President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vietnam on November 12 all eyes were on Vietnam’s decision whether it will join the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus after Russia and Vietnam signed 15 cooperation agreements expected to double trade to $7 billion by 2015.
Russia hopes the free trade zone turnover to double to $7 billion by 2015 and reach $10 billion by 2020, Putin wrote in a letter published in Vietnamese newspapers on the eve of his official visit. In 2012, bilateral trade between Russia and Vietnam climbed 20 per cent to $3.66 billion.
Relations between Russia and Vietnam have a “special character,” the Russian President said in Hanoi, where he was on an official trip to boost trade cooperation. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang said that Vietnam “has always considered Comrade Putin our very close friend.”
Putin mentioned potential future projects in mechanical engineering, aviation, space, as well as humanitarian fields. Russia exports machinery, fertilisers, and metals to Vietnam and imports clothing, agricultural products and electronics. The International Monetary Fund predicts Vietnam to have GDP growth of 5.3 per cent in 2013, opening many opportunities for market and trade development.
Russia is also interested in developing Vietnam’s hydrocarbon resources, and both state-owned oil and gas companies Rosneft and Gazprom will increase their presence in Vietnam this year, supplying the country with liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Far East fields. Rosneft plans to jointly develop offshore oil and gas reserves in cooperation with PetroVietnam, Vietnam’s National Oil and Gas Group in the Pechora Sea in the Arctic. Last summer Rosneft signed a production sharing agreement with PetroVietnam on a Vietnamese offshore block.
In October Gazprom teamed up with PetroVietnam over offshore gas production with recoverable gas reserves of about 36 billion cubic meters of gas and 15.2 million tons of gas condensate. Gazprom also plans to work with PetroVietnam to refine oil onsite at its processing plant, which could produce 8 million tons of oil per year with an estimated value of up to $4 billion.
Vietnam plans to commission Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom to build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the province of Ninh Thuan, which will begin operations in 2023.
During Russia President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vietnam on November 12 all eyes were on Vietnam's decision whether it will join the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus after Russia and Vietnam signed 15 cooperation agreements expected to double trade to $7 billion by 2015. Russia hopes the free trade zone turnover to double to $7 billion by 2015 and reach $10 billion by 2020, Putin wrote in a letter published in Vietnamese newspapers on the eve of his official visit. In 2012, bilateral trade between Russia and Vietnam climbed 20 per cent to $3.66 billion. Relations between Russia...
During Russia President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vietnam on November 12 all eyes were on Vietnam’s decision whether it will join the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus after Russia and Vietnam signed 15 cooperation agreements expected to double trade to $7 billion by 2015.
Russia hopes the free trade zone turnover to double to $7 billion by 2015 and reach $10 billion by 2020, Putin wrote in a letter published in Vietnamese newspapers on the eve of his official visit. In 2012, bilateral trade between Russia and Vietnam climbed 20 per cent to $3.66 billion.
Relations between Russia and Vietnam have a “special character,” the Russian President said in Hanoi, where he was on an official trip to boost trade cooperation. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang said that Vietnam “has always considered Comrade Putin our very close friend.”
Putin mentioned potential future projects in mechanical engineering, aviation, space, as well as humanitarian fields. Russia exports machinery, fertilisers, and metals to Vietnam and imports clothing, agricultural products and electronics. The International Monetary Fund predicts Vietnam to have GDP growth of 5.3 per cent in 2013, opening many opportunities for market and trade development.
Russia is also interested in developing Vietnam’s hydrocarbon resources, and both state-owned oil and gas companies Rosneft and Gazprom will increase their presence in Vietnam this year, supplying the country with liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Far East fields. Rosneft plans to jointly develop offshore oil and gas reserves in cooperation with PetroVietnam, Vietnam’s National Oil and Gas Group in the Pechora Sea in the Arctic. Last summer Rosneft signed a production sharing agreement with PetroVietnam on a Vietnamese offshore block.
In October Gazprom teamed up with PetroVietnam over offshore gas production with recoverable gas reserves of about 36 billion cubic meters of gas and 15.2 million tons of gas condensate. Gazprom also plans to work with PetroVietnam to refine oil onsite at its processing plant, which could produce 8 million tons of oil per year with an estimated value of up to $4 billion.
Vietnam plans to commission Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom to build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the province of Ninh Thuan, which will begin operations in 2023.
