Finland's Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ms. Lenita Toivakka (Photo: kepa.fi)

Minister Toivakka and her delegation will meet several Vietnamese Ministers and join numerous events where Finnish and Vietnamese partners are signing cooperation agreements or launching new collaboration projects.

The visit will support the Finnish business delegation in fact finding and networking. After visiting Hanoi, the delegation will travel to Ho Chi Minh city and Binh Duong province.

"Finland and Vietnam share a mutual desire to develop their trade and economic relations. This visit provides an excellent opportunity to take further steps towards strengthening the relationship between our countries," Minister Toivakka said.

The delegation includes a large presence of Finnish experts from the education sector, such as Aalto University Executive Education and Finland University of Applied Sciences.

Vietnam and Finland have strong, friendly relations that for decades have been based on traditional development cooperation. Bilateral trade has been growing steadily during the last few years, expanding by more than 30 percent in 2015 over a year earlier./.

( Hoang Minh )