Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yulia Kovaliv (Source:Internet)
Kiev (VNA) – Cooperation is strategic to Ukraine and Vietnam, according to Yulia Kovaliv, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade.
Kovaliv, also Co-Chairperson of the Ukraine-Vietnam Intergovernmental Committee, said Ukraine will make the maximum effort to accelerate the two countries’ cooperation.
She has recently granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency speaking about the two countries’ cooperation prospects and Ukraine’s current economic performance.
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She named agriculture, energy, industry, aviation and machinery manufacturing as prioritised sectors for bilateral cooperation in 2016.
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Two-way trade between Ukraine and Vietnam reached 340 million USD in 2015, a decrease of 18 percent compared to 2014.
Regarding Ukraine’s economic situation, the deputy minister said the country’s industrial growth increased 7 percent in February.
In 2016, Ukraine’s GDP is expected to grow 1 perce﷽nt and inflation rate is to go down to about 12 percent from over 40 percent in 2015.-VNA
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Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yulia Kovaliv (Source:Internet)
