According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade , according to the agreed plan, the second negotiation session of the Bilateral Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between Vietnam and the United States will be held from May 19-22, 2025 in Washington DC, USA.
The Vietnamese negotiating delegation was led by Minister of Industry and Trade, Head of the Government Negotiating Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien, with the participation of members of the negotiating delegation and representatives of the following ministries and sectors: Public Security, Foreign Affairs , Finance, Construction, Home Affairs, Agriculture and Environment, Science and Technology, Justice and the State Bank.
On May 19, 2025 (local time, ie May 19 and 20 Hanoi time), the first day of the negotiation session, the Vietnamese and US negotiating delegations spent time discussing the overall approach to resolving fundamental issues of mutual concern and accelerating the negotiation process.
The two sides also discussed openly, frankly and constructively on issues of mutual concern in order to clarify the contents of the Agreement text and provide each other with information on each side's current policies, thereby providing a basis for implementing further work.
Previously, in Korea, the first ministerial-level negotiation session between the two sides took place. At this negotiation session, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade, Head of the Government Negotiation Delegation Nguyen Hong Dien had a direct ministerial-level negotiation session with US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to negotiate the Vietnam-US reciprocal trade agreement under the direction of the two countries' senior leaders.
Source: https://baophapluat.vn/viet-nam-hoa-ky-tiep-tuc-phien-dam-phan-thu-2-ve-thue-doi-ung-post549041.html
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