(VEN) - Trade between Vietnam and Latin America is expected to reach US$6 billion in 2015 and US$12-15 billion in 2020, an increase of 30-35 percent per year. The Latin America Market Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade recently sponsored a seminar on potentials and opportunities for trade and investment development between Vietnam and Latin American countries. SEE MORE HCMC – Vietnam expects to achieve total export revenue of US$78 billion next year, or a 10% increase from this year’s estimated figure of US$71 billion, said an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. SEE MORE HCM CITY — Two-way trade turnover between Viet Nam and France is set to reach 1.99 billion euros (US$2.9 billion) by the year-end, says Pham Xuan Yen, Trade Counselor at the Vietnamese embassy in France. SEE MORE (VEN) - At present, Argentina ranks third among the biggest Vietnam's trade partners in the Latin American region and ranks twenty-fifth among all trading countries. Vietnam has trade deficit with Argentina. In the near future, Vietnam will make more effort to strengthen its representation in Argentina. SEE MORE South Korea may spend 44 trillion won ($39 billion) building nuclear, gas and coal-fired power plants by 2024 to meet rising energy demand and replace old facilities. SEE MORE