Vietnam wants to speed up cooperation with EFTA

Vietnam has always attached great importance to strengthening and expanding multi-faceted cooperation with member countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) said, National Assembly vice Chair Nguyen Duc Kien.

At a reception for Svein Roalh Hansen, President of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee in Hanoi on February 24, Kien said Vietnam and the EFTA should expand cooperation in economy, trade, investment, culture and science and technology among others. He expressed hope that EFTA nations would further support Vietnam’s efforts in overcoming consequences of the war, maintaining peace and stability for development, and improving people’s living conditions for the early signing of FTA.

Kien affirmed that the Vietnam National Assembly would accelerate the negotiation process to facilitate the signature of a free trade agreement (FTA) ahead of schedule.

For his part, Svein Roalh Hansen told the host that the EFTA was willing to recognise Vietnam as a market economy while stressing that the signature of the FTA would be an important step forward. – VOV

Tags: European Free Trade Association

Posted by VBN on Feb 28 2011. Filed under Import-Export. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry