Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long stressed that Vietnam is committed to implementing the “Joint Declaration on UK-Vietnam Strategic Partnership: Forging ahead for Another 10 Years,” in order to beef up the bilateral cooperation in all areas in a more practical and effective manner, and to promote the implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will finalise and issue a number of legal documents needed for the implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) in 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 19 held phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, during which he suggested that the UK consider the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology to Vietnam.
The UVFTA will not create direct benefits in the short- and mid-term, but will create positive effects in attracting investment in the long term. Together with Vietnam’s continued reform of policies, the UVFTA will encourage foreign investors in Vietnam to expand production and business. Some owners of UK businesses in China and Myanmar may also relocate their production establishments to Vietnam.
Vietnam and the UK issued a “Joint Declaration on the Vietnam - UK Strategic Partnership: Forging Ahead for Another 10 Years” after the talks in Hanoi on September 30 between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and UK First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Rabb.
Deputy Minister of National Defense Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, co-chaired the third Vietnam-UK defense policy dialogue via video conference with UK Minister of State for Defense Baroness Goldie DL on November 26.
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Party documents of the 13th National Party Congress, wrote an important article on thorough preparations for the congresses of Party committees under the Central Committee towards the 13th National Party Congress
As many as 50 UK businesses joined an online meeting to get updates on socio-economic situation in Vietnam as well as developments in the Vietnam-UK relations, and seek opportunities to cooperate with Vietnamese partners in the future.
Vice Minister To Anh Dung held online talks with Nigel Adams, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development of the UK, on July 16