UK hands over national trade repository to Vietnam
The British Government handed over the Vietnam national trade repository (VNTR) to the Vietnamese side at a ceremony on July 13.
At the handover ceremony (Photo: MoIT)The project was launched in 2020 under a letter of intention signed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the British Department of International Trade, in which the British side provided technical assistance for Vietnam.
It demonstrates the Vietnamese Government’s resolve to enhance trade commitment and policy transparency in order to help enterprises build business strategies, and improve competitiveness and capacity for joining global production and supply chains, MoIT Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said.
The VNTR provides information free of charge in both English and Vietnamese, covering tariff commitments in free trade agreements (FTAs) within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to which Vietnam is a signatory, most favoured nation (MFN) tariff, rules of product origin and non-tariff measures, along with trade documents.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA)According to the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), each member country will build its own national trade repository which is connected with the ASEAN Trade Repository (https://atr.asean.org/) so as to ensure policy transparency, facilitate regional trade, and support businesses.
Dien thanked the Government; the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; and the Embassy of the UK in Vietnam along with relevant Vietnamese ministries and agencies for their support and coordination during the building of the repository./.
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