15-year WTO membership: Vietnam confidently joins global playing field

Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and WTO Director General WTO Pascal Lamy sign the Protocol on the WTO Accession of Vietnam. The event marked an important step in Vietnam’s international integration strategy (November 7, 2006). (Photo: AFP/VNA)

A line producing socks for exports at Jasan Vietnam Co., Ltd at VSIP Hai Phong. (2018) (Photo: Danh Lam – VNA)

Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project using China’s ODA is officially inaugurated and put into commercial operation in Hanoi on November 6, 2021 after 10 years of construction. (Photo: VNA)

Batch of fuel bed heat exchangers produced by Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) at Dung Quat Economic Zone, Quang Ngai province, is ready to be shipped to Saudi Arabia (September 2012). (Photo: VNA)

A tunnel boring machine is under installment to serve the building of Metro Line No. 3, section Nhon – Hanoi station. (Photo: VNA)

The COVID-19 rapid test kit, which is researched, manufactured and developed by Vietnam itself, has been put into production and use over the past two years. (Photo: VNA)

The production line of THACO’s automobile exhaust factory in Chu Lai Open Economic Zone, Quang Nam province. (Photo: VNA)

Lach Huyen International Port in Hai Phong is the first deep-water seaport of the northern key economic region. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnesses the signing ceremony of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). (Hanoi, November 15, 2020). (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnam - European Union Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is signed on June 30, 2019 and takes effect from August 1, 2021, opening up important opportunities and prospects for the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the EU. (Photo: VNA)

Oil and gas is a key economic sector, contributing much to the national industrialisation and modernisation. (Photo: VNA)