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Le Hoang Tai, Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said South America is a promising market for Vietnamese export items like apparel, leather goods, footwear, handicrafts, aquatic products, and processed food. Vietnam’s export turnover is still modest, however.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for cooperation to optimize logistics services.

Forum participants discussed joint solutions that make use of each other's resources to offer better logistics services to support trade between Vietnam and South America.