On 13 July 2015, PAGASA’s STC was invited by Ms. Vu Viet Nga, Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Philippines to discuss possible trade between the two countries for FMCG.  She asked for assistance in convincing Vietnamese manufacturers that the Philippines is a good place to invest and export their products to. She plans on staging Viet business trade missions to the Philippines in the near future.