Vietnam Willing to Invest in Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Vietnam-Iran friendship society voiced his country's enthusiasm for investment and joint ventures in Iran's oil and agriculture sector.
Speaking in a meeting with a number of economic activists and members of Iran-Vietnam friendship society in Iran's central province of Isfahan on Sunday, the Vietnamese chairman of the friendship society said despite the long distance between the two countries, "grounds are prepared for their cooperation and interaction in different sectors".

He pointed out that Iranians and Vietnamese share several commonalities in the cultural and economic sectors, and hailed the two countries' developing relations, specially in the last four decades.

He further called for the further development of economic relations between Iran and Vietnam, and stressed, "Oil and farming industries can prepare proper grounds for the expansion of the two nations' relations."

Meantime, he viewed lack of information and data on the two countries' economic status as a major challenge facing the development of economic relations between the two countries, and said, "The friendship society can take an important step in boosting the level of the two countries' economic exchanges by providing such data and information for the other side."

He also voiced his country's readiness to launch joint ventures with Iran in the oil and agriculture sectors, and viewed exchange of farming products and investment in oil exploration and extraction as among proper grounds for bolstering Tehran-Hanoi mutual cooperation.

"Deep economic relations can provide a good support for the other side at times of crisis," he concluded.