A business networking conference was organised virtually on Thursday to seek ways to boost the export of dragon fruit to India and Pakistan amid difficulties due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pakistani Government wants to sign a trade preferential agreement
with Viet Nam, paving the way for a future bilateral free trade
agreement with a view to accelerating the two countries'' trade.
Pakistan imported 33,000 tonnes of Vietnamese tea, valued at US$51
million, in the first four months of 2014, according to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
Viet Nam exported US$99.5 million worth of goods to Pakistan in the past
seven months, 4 per cent more than last year, according to the Viet Nam
Customs Department.
