EU deal advances Viet Nam down road to WTO

Viet Nam received a boost to its WTO membership efforts as it concluded on Saturday a bilateral deal with the EU.

Vietnam is experiencing an export boom

In the first nine months of 2004, Vietnam is experiencing an export boom, with exports gaining an estimate of $19.8 billion, an increase of 27.2 percent over the same period of 2003, and more than double the National Assembly’s target of 11 - 12 percent increase for the whole year, according to preliminary figures released by the General Statistics Department.

Viet Nam boosts tea exports to EU

Viet Nam has so far this year exported more than 5,000 tonnes of tea to the European Union, achieving a turnover of about 4.2 million USD or an 8.5 percent year-on-year rise.