Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnessed the signing of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement and the Investment Protection Agreement in Hanoi on June 30.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnesses the signing of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement and the Investment Protection Agreement in Hanoi on June 30(Photo: VNA)
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Romanian Minister for Business Environment, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and EC representative Stefan-Radu Oprea and Cecilia Malmetrom, EU Commissioner for Trade, at the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Promotion Agreement (EVIPA) will help promote the comprehensive partnership and trade relations between Vietnam and the EU, as heard a seminar held in Brussels on June 24.
The European Council announced on June 25 that it has approved the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and assigned the EU to sign the deals with Vietnam on June 30 in Hanoi.
The European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) are of significance to both Vietnam and the EU, head of the Vietnamese mission to the EU Vu Anh Quang has stated.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is hoped to provide a springboard for Vietnam to boost exports, and diversify export markets and products, especially agri-aquatic ones, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has forecast that tra fish exports to the EU will increase by 20-35 percent in 2019.
The EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVTA) to be signed on June 30 will bring both opportunities and challenges to Vietnam, so domestic enterprises should be really prepared to take full advantages of benefits from the deal, said Sebastian Eckardt, lead economist of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.
Once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect, over 99 percent of tariff on goods from both sides will be lifted, thus helping to improve competitiveness as well as market share of Vietnamese products in the EU market, a Vietnamese official has said.
Many European businesses said Vietnam would be a feasible investment destination after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Promotion Agreement (EVIPA) come into force, Helena Konig, EU chief negotiator and Deputy Director General for European Trade, said on June 28.
Czech experts have shared their views that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will bring about great opportunities for Vietnam and the Czech Republic to expand their economic and trade ties.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), which are set to be signed in Hanoi on June 30, will help to improve Vietnam’s position in the global economy, an expert from the Australian National University (ANU) has said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnesses the signing of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement and the Investment Protection Agreement in Hanoi on June 30(Photo: VNA) 
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Romanian Minister for Business Environment, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and EC representative Stefan-Radu Oprea and Cecilia Malmetrom, EU Commissioner for Trade, at the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
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