Macri took more promises than agreements the first day in Vietnam

HANOI.- The President

Mauricio Macri

He did not leave empty-handed, but he did not take what he had come for. The promise to enter into new agreements with which he had arrived in this city had not yet been completed. Thus, unlike what happened in India, where it managed to open exports of several products, Vietnam did not bring immediate results.

Yes, on the other hand, Macri and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Phu Trong, were firmly committed to increasing trade, encouraging investment and strengthening relations between the two countries.

Thus, the delegation accompanying the president has gone from the triumphalism of New Delhi to moderation on the first day of the official visit that began yesterday in the capital of the country of Southeast Asia. The fact is that the head of state has failed to fulfill the commitment made by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to ensure that his country buys more food.

"I expect with great attention to increase trade between the two countries and consolidate the market for products already in progress," said the president at a hearing with Nguyen. , secretary general of the Communist Party.

Although the Vietnamese president said that he was going to instruct the corresponding agencies so that they approve the entry of oranges, grapefruit and mandarins, it is certain that Argentina will have to wait. As the fifth largest destination for domestic products, exports to this Asian country have increased sixfold over the past decade.

"The two countries are interested in increasing trade, the goal now is to see how to diversify and increase these exchanges," he summed up in a dialogue.
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During the meeting during which Macri and Nguyen signed several agreements – cooperation for the identification of the remains of war martyrs, a program of cultural exchange between ministries of culture, a memorandum of Agreement between the federal press system and La Voz of Vietnam, the president also said that Argentine producers wanted to export pork, embryos, sperm, equines and foot cattle, from fish oil, frozen beef, cherries, cranberries, tomato seeds and soybean meal and milk powder.

"Vietnam needs more and more food and we want to help produce it," said the president, who invited the local president to visit our country. Nguyen, meanwhile, asked Macri to approve the entry of household appliances, ceramics and seafood, among others.