The European Union (EU) will send a delegation to Vietnam in June to inspect the country’s food safety control system for seafood products exported to the EU.
TPP signatory countries, with the exception of the US, met in Hanoi on May 21 to discuss the agreement on the sidelines of the 23rd Meeting of the APEC Ministers Responsible.
China intends to help Việt Nam reduce its trade deficit by importing more goods from Việt Namand creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese goods in the market.
Ministers responsible for trade of the APEC member economies made their call for free and fair trade after the conclusion of the 23rd APEC MRT Meeting in Hanoi on May 21.
The APEC has made good progress in the four adopted cooperation priorities in 2017 proposed by Vietnam, said Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat Alan Bollar.
Ministers from 11 countries joining the TPP are scheduled to gather in Hanoi, with Japan pushing for the free trade pact to be put into force as soon as possible without the US.
China, already the largest importer of Vietnam’s sticky rice, has emerged as the biggest buyer of Vietnamese fragrant rice, according to exporters.
The Philippines is likely to import an additional 250,000 tonnes of rice from Việt Nam and Thailand.
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The Republic of Korea has surpassed China, becoming Vietnam’s biggest import market.
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