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A workshop on building an ASEAN socio-cultural community based on the European Union (EU)’s experiences was conveyed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Delegation of the EU in Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung had a meeting with Chairman of the European Parliament (EP)’s International Trade Committee Bernd Lange in Hanoi on August 25.

Trade between Vietnam and France will benefit from the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (VEFTA) thanks to market opening and cuts in almost all taxes.

ASEAN held a series of policy dialogues with the European Union (EU) on the Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region programme (SHARE) in Jakarta on August 24-25.

The fourth ASEAN-EU Business Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 23, bringing together over 250 business leaders, policy makers and scholars from the two sides.

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung hosted a reception on August 19 for Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen who came to say goodbye at the end of his tenure in the country.

The first camp for Vietnamese youth and students in Europe (SiviTa Europa) was held in Berlin, Germany from August 14-16.

The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Vietnam will bring significant long-term macro-economic benefits for Vietnam, Fitch Ratings said.

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Substantial room remains for increased collaboration between Vietnam and the European Union (EU), Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

The Vietnam-EU FTA was finalised earlier this month, yet textiles remain a sticking point as EU negotiators fear China will use Vietnam as a backdoor for cheap textile imports into the EU.

After the Free Trade Agreement between EU and Vietnam (EVFTA) comes into effect, the EU will eliminate 85.6 percent of tariff lines which account for 70.3 percent of Vietnamese export value to the EU,

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had bilateral meetings with senior officials from the European Union (EU) and the Australian Foreign Minister on the margin of AMM 48.

Vietnam is eager to bolster its defence cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the bloc’s member states, Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said on August 6.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have basically concluded negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement (EVFTA), announced Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang on August 4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with his UK counterpart David Cameron in Hanoi on July 29, focusing on a range of measures to beef up cooperative ties in various fields.

Senior officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) have gathered in Brussels for their 23rd Senior Officials' Meeting to review the two sides’ enhanced partnership and discuss future direction.