European firms advocates signing of EVFTA

VGP – Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh met with representatives of some European business communities to discuss efforts on urging the European Commission (EC) to soon sign the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Viet Nam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

June 19, 2019 4:04 PM GMT+7

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh meets with representatives of some European business communities, Beigium, June 18, 2019 - Photo: VNA

The meeting was held on June 18 on the framework of the Vietnamese Minister’s working visit to the EU and Belgium.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is strictly establishing specific action programs and organizing usual dialogues with business associations in the Europe and other organizations in the EU.

Anh expressed thanks to the European business associations for active introduction of the EVFTA for joint benefits, suggesting the associations urge the European Parliament to approve the agreement.

At the event, representatives of the European business associations shared information not only about the FTA but also further cooperation, which are sustainable and strategic meanings to Viet Nam-EU trade relations.

A number of European business associations have positively joined hand with the Vietnamese side to organize events to introduce the agreement and encourage leaders of the EP and EC as well as Ambassadors of the EU country members to advocate the signing of the agreement.

By Thuy Dung