Cooperation

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security highly appreciates the EU’s support and active cooperation and experience sharing in building and enforcing the country's cybersecurity law.

For the first time, a cooperation conference between the EU and Mekong countries is held in Vietnam, focusing on sustainable infrastructure and connection.

The signing ceremony between the two sides was held online on November 26.

Vietnam is set to hold the ASEM roundtable on the digital economy by 2022 to promote digital transformation globally.

“Enhancing the ties with Lao’s localities, especially Vientiane, has always been the priority of Hanoi.”

Opportunities are open for expanding cooperation between regulatory bodies of the UK-Vietnam on digital transformation and digital economy.

Both the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) would serve as the driving force to further boost Vietnam-EU relations.

They will focus on training, consultations, and exchanges of expertise, mainly on drought management.

Belgium is one of Vietnam’s major trading partners in Europe with a two-way trade turnover in the first seven months reaching US$1.9 billion, a surge of 40% year on year.

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, bilateral trade turnover rose by 61.2% year-on-year to US$285 million in the first six months of this year.