Vietnamese rice, coffee, and tea producers could sell their products in Azerbaijan, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Vietnam, Anar Imanov, told Vietnam Economic Times, Report informs.
According to him, tropical food producers in Vietnam would find Azerbaijan to be a good market.
The ambassador noted that there are now more and more people in Azerbaijan who prefer coffee, but they still don’t know how good Vietnamese coffee is: “Azerbaijan produces organic fruit and vegetables, which are famous in neighbouring countries, but Vietnamese people don’t know too much about this. Azerbaijan also produces and exports cotton, which is something Vietnam imports. Ninety-nine per cent of cotton used in Vietnam is imported. Its textile industry is a large part of its economy, contributing $36 billion in exports annually. Some of this is spent to buy imported cotton, which Azerbaijan could provide. I think this may be one of the interesting directions for future cooperation.”
“The problem in agriculture cooperation between Azerbaijan and Vietnam is that companies from the two countries don’t know enough about each other,” the ambassador said. “They don’t participate in trade fairs and exhibitions organized in each other’s country, so they don’t know each other’s markets and don’t express any real interest. So, the starting point should probably be conducting measures to bring our businesses together and promote mutual participation at trade fairs and exhibitions.”
The ambassador recalled that the Azerbaijani Embassy is ready to help Vietnamese companies find partners in Azerbaijan: “We would be happy to organize business meetings between agricultural companies from the two countries. If Vietnamese businesses express an interest, our Embassy will help them. Vietnam and Azerbaijan have major potential in agriculture, and I hope that we will see further development in cooperation in the near future.”