
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception inHanoi on December 5 for Jan Zahradil, Vice Chair of the Committee onInternational Trade under the European Parliament (EP) and Chairman of theFriends of Vietnam Group at the EP.
Huethanked Zahradil for his efforts to help establish the Friends of Vietnam Groupat the EP as well as his contributions to the relationship between Vietnam andthe European Union (EU) and between the Vietnamese National Assembly and theEP.
Hestressed the important role and contributions of the Committee on InternationalTrade to the two sides’ economic and trade cooperation process.
Accordingto him, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is one of the excellent agreementson trade liberalisation.
Vietnameseministries and agencies are checking the draft EVFTA and Investment ProtectionAgreement and will reply the EU soon, Hue said.
TheVietnamese Government wants to welcome the Friends of Vietnam Group to thecountry in the soonest time, he added.
JanZahradil stated that the Friends of Vietnam Group at the EP plays an importantrole in canvassing the EP to approve the EVFTA in 2018.
Oncetaking effect, the agreement will stimulate bilateral economic, trade andinvestment ties, thus helping meet aspirations of the two business communities.
Heshared the group’s stance of avoiding the supplementation of non-trade mattersto the EVFTA in order to soon submit it to the EP and the Vietnamese NA fordiscussion and approval.-VNA