Bilateral trade between the two countries has nearly tripled in the last seven years, she said. Slovenia exported commodities worth €70.5 million ($76.8 million) to Vietnam, while importing goods worth €51.7 million from the Southeast Asian nation.

Slovenia is looking forward to the ratification and implementation of the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), which will allow the promotion of investment partnerships in the future, she was quoted as saying by a Vietnamese news agency.

Two business forums on leading supply chain solutions for Vietnamese goods to central and eastern Europe will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi by the CCIS, the SPIRIT Slovenia Business Development Agency and a few Slovenian ministries, she said.

Their aim is to develop business ties with Vietnamese international transport and logistics companies, industry players and stakeholders, and introduce comprehensive supply chain solutions from port, customs, maritime and road transport to destination for goods exported from Vietnam to central and eastern European markets and imports from these markets to Vietnam.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)