Menon for importing jute and jute goods by Vietnam from Bangladesh

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DHAKA, March 05, 2018 (BSS)- Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon today urged Vietnam to give preference to imports of jute and jute goods from Bangladesh during the signing of bilateral trade deals and memorandum of understandings between Bangladesh and Vietnam.

The workers party leader made this appeal when a three-member delegation of the party called on visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at Hotel Sonargaon this afternoon.

During the discussion, the Vietnamese President expressed his gratitude to the people of Bangladesh for lending their massive support during the Liberation War of Vietnam.

Menon, also Social Welfare Minister, said Vietnam is the first South-east Asian country who had recognized Bangladesh as an independent state.

The other delegation members– Comrade Dr Susanta Das and Comrade Kamrul Ahsan– were present.