PM begins tour to Algeria

VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday arrived in the Algerian capital, Algiers, beginning his three-day official visit to the North African country at the invitation of his Algerian counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal.

May 31, 2015 5:55 PM GMT+7

Algerian PM Abdelmalek Sellal welcomes PM Nguyen Tan Dung at the Houari Boumedienne international airport, capital Algiers, May 31, 2015 - Photo: VGP

Viet Nam and Algeria set up diplomatic relations in 1962.

According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, the two-way trade volume reached nearly US$250 million last year. In the first quarter this year, Viet Nam’s exports to the North African country stood at some US$70 million.

Both countries have signed a number of agreements on economic, scientific and technological cooperation, trade, investment promotion and encouragement, legal assistance and health./.

By Hai Minh