Croatia to cooperate with Vietnam on chemicals?

Vietnam is keen to cooperate with Croatia in the chemicals sector. This is according to vovnews.com, a site devoted to Vietnamese news. It's hard to imagine how exactly this might work?

According to a story out today, the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has worked with the Croatian Chamber of Trade and Economy to hold a seminar on business cooperation with Vietnam in Zagreb, Croatia.

"At the seminar, Miroslav Karamarkovic from the Croatian Chamber of Trade and Economy said that trade relations since 2003 have developed quickly in many fields. He also proposed focusing on ports, energy, telecommunications, the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries, aquatic products, oil exploitation and tourism."

Croatia has a very limited chemical industry. According to the ICIS plants and projects database it has the following:

	Dioki dd	Croatia	Omisalj, Krk	Polyethylene low density	70000 tonne/year	Operating
	Dioki dd	Croatia	Zitnjak	Ethylene	90000 tonne/year	Operating
	Dioki dd	Croatia	Zitnjak	Polyethylene low density	85000 tonne/year	Operating
	Dioki dd	Croatia	Zitnjak	Polystyrene	57000 tonne/year	Operating
	Dioki dd	Croatia	Zitnjak	Polystyrene, expandable	12000 tonne/year	Operating
	Petrokemija dd	Croatia	Kutina	Ammonia	450000 tonne/year	Operating
	Petrokemija dd	Croatia	Kutina	Ammonium nitrate	450000 tonne/year	Operating
	Petrokemija dd	Croatia	Kutina	Carbon black	35000 tonne/year	Operating
	Petrokemija dd	Croatia	Kutina	Urea	495000 tonne/year	Operating
	Vlado Rozic	Croatia	Ozalj	Biodiesel	20000 tonne/year	Operating

Quite what form this cooperation might take is difficult to imagine. Perhaps more a statement of general intent?