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1/26/24, 5:09 PM Vietnam, UAE speed up negotiation for comprehensive economic partnership agreement
Vietnam, UAE speed up negotiation for comprehensive

economic partnership agreement

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Officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the UAE
Ministry of Economy on January 24 agreed to speed up the negotiation for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement
(CEPA) between the two countries.

Receiving Minister of State for Foreign Trade at the UAE Ministry of Economy Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi in Hanoi on
January 24, MoIT Minister Nguyen Hong Dien hailed the Vietnam- UAE economic and trade cooperation in recent years.

Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the UAE Ministry of Economy at the meeting in
Hanoi on January 24. (Photo: VNA)

The two countries have been expanding cooperation in many fields, notably the launch of their negotiation for Vietnam-
UAE CEPA, he said.

Appreciating the efforts and results that the negotiation delegations of the two countries have made, the two officials
discussed measures to address issues in which the two sides have different points of view.
Regarding bilateral cooperation, Minister Dien called on the UAE side to consider and facilitate business delegation
exchanges and coordinate to organise trade promotion activities. He also proposed the UAE businesses to invest in
Vietnam in some areas of mutual interest.

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