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Lukashenko visits Belarus-Turkmenistan expo, Olympic Village in Ashgabat
The expo features products of 117 companies. The exhibits include foodstuffs, consumer goods, particularly, Belarusian furniture, gas ovens, Belarusian wallpaper and other products which can be in demand on the market of Turkmenistan today...

Belarus ready to take active part in Turkmenistan economy modernization
Belarus is ready to help industrialize the country by supplying modern agricultural machines, automobiles, road construction machines, municipal vehicles and passenger vehicles, noted Alexander Lukashenko...

Belarus, Turkmenistan sign roadmap of cooperation for 2016-2017
The document was signed in the presence of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov after the talks on 10 December...

Belarus ready to expand choice of exports to Turkmenistan
Belarusian buses, various kinds of harvesters and other agricultural machines are being tested in Turkmenistan now. It will allow adapting them to climatic and operational conditions...

NASB to host first Belarus-US seminar on sci-tech cooperation
The first Belarusian-US seminar on sci-tech cooperation will be held in line with the agreements reached during the visit of the delegations of the National Academies of the United States to the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus...

Hungary does not rule out training its specialists at BelNPP
During the visit the guests were made familiar with the construction progress at the nuclear power plant construction site. They also visited the information center in Ostrovets and the education and training center of the Belarusian nuclear power plant...

European Union ready to double financial aid to bolster competitive ability of Belarus economy
"We hope we are now on the way of gradual improvement of relations between Belarus and the European Union. We are intent on talking to as many people as possible in the government, the general public, and the business community"...

BSU to present scientific solutions at expo in Ashgabat
The solutions include biopesticides for comprehensive protection of plants, high-performance multi-purpose disinfectants for agriculture and food processing industry...

Belarusian nuclear power plant expected to seriously influence regional development
“We can see similarities between the construction of the Paks nuclear power plant and the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets. Before the project Paks was home to about 10,000 people. Now the population exceeds 19,000"...

Belarus, Vietnam to step up efforts to bolster trade and investment
“The visit testifies to the strong political resolution of the sides to strengthen and promote traditionally friendly relations and multi-faceted cooperation between the countries”...

Belarus, Pakistan intend to develop cooperation in electronic warfare
Members of the Council of the Republic approved the draft law "Concerning the ratification of the agreement between the Governments of Belarus and Pakistan on military and technical cooperation”...

Belarus suggests stronger cooperation in petrochemical industry, mining to Vietnam
The Belarusian side suggested stepping up cooperation in petrochemical industry, automobile engineering, and in joint assembly enterprises in Vietnam...

Belarusian-Chinese Midea-Horizont to make water heaters, water coolers in H1 2016
In turn, Yuri Predko, Director General of OAO Managing Company of Horizont Holding, said that this year Midea-Horizont has been licensed to make products using Sharp, Bosch, and Panasonic brands...

Belarus marks progress in trade with Europe after sanctions halt
"Building up export will be the key target in Belarus in 2016. The country will be working to expand the presence in the traditional markets and to explore new ones in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. For this purpose the interaction is being expanded with the diplomats accredited in Belarus"...

Belarus to triple rice import from Vietnam
At the same time Belarus intends to export more fur products and some other kinds of merchandise to Vietnam...

Vietnam to buy Belarusian BelAZ trucks
In particular, BelAZ has contracted to deliver seven mine dump trucks worth $1 million. The Belarusian company has also signed an agreement to ship about 20 mine dump trucks worth over $11 million...

MTZ signs $2m contracts with Vietnam for 2016
A contract to deliver MTZ equipment to Vietnam in 2016 was signed during the Vietnamese-Belarusian Business Forum held in Hanoi on 8 December...

BPC signs two three-year memorandums on shipments of potash fertilizers to Vietnam
“We are preparing a long-term foothold for selling our fertilizers to this very promising country. And I think that our sales to this country will only grow larger”...

Belarus, Vietnam agree on delivery of Belarusian products worth $24m
In particular, the sides signed contracts on the delivery of MAZ, MTZ, BelAZ vehicles to Vietnam, agreements and memorandums on the delivery of alcohol products, tires, potash fertilizers, powdered milk, dried baby food and sports nutrition...

Central banks of Belarus, Lithuania to expand cooperation
“The parties continued the discussion of the issues related to the monetary policy implemented by the central banks of the two countries, shared information on the integration process in the financial and banking spheres within the Eurasian Economic Union and the current trends in the economic sector of the eurozone”...