Vietnam has called on ministers participating in the WTO conference on December
2 to show that they are strong in commitment and political will to end the
eight-year stalemate on framing a trade liberation accord by 2010.
The Vietnam mission to the United
Nations, WTO and other international organisations held a Vietnam
business forum in Geneva on Dec. 3, right after the 7th WTO Ministerial
Meeting.
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy described Vietnam as a model of
successful reform and integration when receiving Minister of Industry
and Trade Vu Huy Hoang in Geneva on Nov. 30.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is
drafting a new decree aimed at tightening rice exports, Minister Vu Huy
Hoang said at the Nov. 18 session of the National Assembly.
The 21st APEC Ministerial Meeting ended
in Singapore on Nov. 12 after issuing a joint statement that called for
the building of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
A delegation from the Ministry of
Industry and Trade led by Minister Vu Huy Hoang is on a working visit
to China from Oct. 11-14, to discuss measures to raise two-way trade to
25 billion USD by 2010.
Trade between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia
has achieved traction in the last few years, opening new opportunities
for bilateral cooperation, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang
has said.
Measures to effectively deploy the
Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA) top the agenda of
a meeting between officials from the two countries in Tokyo on Oct.
1.
Vietnam will be a partner in which
Kuwait can trust, to boost cooperation centring on energy, said
President Nguyen Minh Triet while receiving Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and
Minister of Information Ahmad Al-Abdulla Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in Hanoi on
Sept. 21.
Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy
Hoang and his Timor-Leste counterpart Gil da Costa Alves discussed
measures to boost economic and trade relations between the two sides in Hanoi.
Economic ministers and officials from
ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) are meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the formation of
a common market.
Trade officials from Vietnam and China ’s Hainan province on July 9 inked a
memorandum of understanding following discussions, vowing to further boost the
bilateral exchange of trade.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung suggested to the visiting Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Ali Ibrahim Al Naimi, that both countries establish a cooperation committee.
