A delegation from the ASEAN Committee in Santiago (ACS), the Trade Office of Chile (ProChile), and the Chile-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce paid a working visit to Nuble region to seek opportunities to promote trade, investment, tourism, education and cultural exchanges between the two sides.

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ACS includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

The delegation held a working session with Governor of Nuble region Oscar Crisomoto, and visited timber, paper and wine production businesses, and campuses of the University of Concepción and University of Bío-Bío in Chillan city.

Local authorities, enterprises and researchers spoke highly of the visit, considering it a chance to enhance mutual understanding between Chile and ASEAN, thus contributing to boosting and expanding multi-faceted cooperation between the two sides.

Vietnam is currently Chile’s leading trade partner in ASEAN with two-way trade surpassing 988 million USD in 2020. Meanwhile, trade between the bloc and Chile reached 2.74 billion USD.

During January-September, ASEAN-Chile trade value hit 2.97 billion USD, with Vietnam continuing taking the lead in trade cooperation with Chile with 1.13 billion USD.

Source: VNA