Trade plays a key role in Vietnam’s economic development strategy - and a range of multilateral and bilateral trade agreements under negotiation reflect this importance.

The EU and Vietnam officially launched negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in June 2012. The European Union and Vietnam finished negotiating the FTA in Brussels in December 2015 after 14 rounds of negotiations. In July 2018, the EU and Vietnam concluded the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA).

The EU-Vietnam FTA and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) are modern and comprehensive deals. They will remove nearly all tariffs on goods traded between the two economies. They show the shared conviction of the EU and Vietnam that trade is essential to growth, the creation of jobs and sustainable development.

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EU - Vietnam Trade relations

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with a Vietnamese delegation: arrivals and roundtable

Conclusion of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: extracts from the joint debate

EP Press conference on the ' Outcome of the vote on the EU-Vietnam trade and investment protection agreements '

EP Plenary session - Conclusion of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

Press conference on the outcome of the vote on the EU-Vietnam trade and investment protection agreements by Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE) and Geert BOURGEOIS (ECR, BE)

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Vietnam

Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: extracts from the vote

Infoclip: Vietnam - Hanoi 2019

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