Vietnam's National Assembly ratified the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) on Monday, 8 June, during its first session since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Signed on 30 June 2019, the agreement was ratified by the European Parliament on 12 February. The Chair of the Parliamentary Trade Committee (INTA), Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany), welcomed the adoption of the agreements, but also that of the ILO's fundamental Convention 105, which was ratified by the Assembly in...