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1/26/24, 5:11 PM Vietnam, UAE speed up negotiation for comprehensive economic partnership agreement
Vietnam, UAE speed up negotiation for comprehensive

economic partnership agreement

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.
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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 (MoIT) and the UAE Ministry of
Economy at the meeting in Hanoi on January 24
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 organize trade promotion activities. He also proposed the UAE
businesses to invest in Vietnam in some areas of mutual interest.

In the coming time, the two sides agreed to cooperate more closely to speed up the Vietnam - UAE CEPA

negotiation process and conclude it soon.

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