Party official welcomes Assistant US Trade Representative

Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh received Assistant US Trade Representative for Services and Investment Daniel Bahar in Hanoi on November 8, asking the US side to increase dialogues in a bid to promptly handle trade barriers.
Party official welcomes Assistant US Trade Representative ảnh 1Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh (R) receives Assistant US Trade Representative for Services and Investment Daniel Bahar in Hanoi on November 8 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Head of the Communist Party ofVietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binhreceived Assistant US Trade Representative for Services and Investment DanielBahar in Hanoi on November 8, asking the US side to increase dialogues in a bidto promptly handle trade barriers.

Welcoming Bahar’s working trip, Binh, who isalso Politburo member and Secretary of the CPVCC, reiterated that theVietnamese Party and State have always and will continue to pay specialattention to the bilateral relations, with economic-trade ties being seen as animportant pillar.

He noted that bilateral economic and trade linkshave enjoyed great progress recently and continue to be a driving force in theVietnam-US relationship, thus meeting the expectations of their people.

Vietnam will push ahead with improving thebusiness and investment climate and creating more favourable conditions for USfirms to do business in the country, the official said.

Binh also asked the Office of the US TradeRepresentative to increase the sharing of information and maintain the upwardtrend of Vietnam-US economic and trade ties.

For his part, Bahar said he is impressed withthe steady economic growth of Vietnam, expressing his hope to keep enhancingbilateral economic and trade partnerships between the two nations.–VNA 
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