Infographics: Highlights of Viet Nam-Norway Relationship
VGP - Norway is one of the first European countries establishing diplomatic relations with Viet Nam.
Norway is also one of the largest sponsors for Viet Nam in the United Nations Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) as it pledged to finance over US$30 million for the program from 2013-2015 under a joint statement signed in December 2012.
Norwegian investors are running 41 projects with total registered capital of US$166 million, ranking 41st among 130 countries and territories investing in the Southeast Asian country.
Investment projects have mainly focused on manufacturing of timber, construction materials and interior design products; agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture; information and communications.