Brussels, 13/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - Great effort will be needed from Hanoi to privatise its state-owned enterprises and to accelerate the negotiations, European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht warns.
Visiting Hanoi on 7-8 March, De Gucht reviewed the progress with the Vietnamese authorities - on the sidelines of the EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting - of the negotiations initiated in June 2012 ahead of an EU-Vietnam free trade agreement. While he welcomed the progress made after two...