EU reaffirms stance as leading development partner to Vietnam By Thanh Trun - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI - The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its role as a leading development partner to Vietnam, according to a new publication launched on Monday in Hanoi. The launch of the book coincided with the EU's decision from last Friday to fund the Annual Action Plan 2010 for Vietnam with an amount of 62.25 million euros for three priority actions. Providing a snapshot of the development cooperation between the EU and Vietnam, the Blue Book outlines its main policy orientations - primarily poverty elimination - and also provides concrete facts and figures on the achievements made in 2009 and indicative commitments for 2010. The European Union as a whole remains a key player in assisting Vietnam's socio-economic development, as the largest provider of grant assistance to Vietnam. The total EU indicative commitment for 2010 is 940 million euros, of which one-third is grants totaling some … [Read more...] about EU reaffirms stance as leading development partner to Vietnam
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EU provides 15 million Euro to support Vietnam’s sustainable international trade and investment
- Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang and Ambassador- Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen inked the financing agreement of the "European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project (EU-MUTRAP)". … [Read more...] about EU provides 15 million Euro to support Vietnam’s sustainable international trade and investment
EU to lift anti-dumping duty on VN’s leather-capped shoes
The European Union (EU) announced on March 16 that it will officially abolish anti-dumping duty on Vietnam's leather capped shoes as of March 31. According to the Vietnam trade mission in EU and Belgium-Luxemburg, the removal will also be applied to China's shoes, following announcement 2011/C82/04 of the European Commission (EC). However, the EC will continue to monitor for one year the imports of Vietnamese and Chinese leather-capped shoes./. … [Read more...] about EU to lift anti-dumping duty on VN’s leather-capped shoes
Germany – leading EU importer of VN cloth shoes
Germany is the leading European importer of made-in Vietnam cloth shoes. In the first quarter of the year, it imported more than 976,360 pairs, up 15.4 percent against the same period last year, followed by the UK , Poland and Denmark . In the period, the EU market still topped Vietnam 's cloth shoes export volume and turnover, importing 4.5 million pairs, valued at 31.2 million USD. Cloth shoe export price averaged 7.09 USD per pairs./. … [Read more...] about Germany – leading EU importer of VN cloth shoes
EU to review Indonesian flight ban
Indonesian air carriers may get a step closer to being allowed back into European skies as a team of aviation experts from the European Union have arrived in Jakarta to discuss the country’s latest improvements in aviation safety, local media reported. Herry Bhakti Singayuda, director general of civil aviation at the Ministry of Transportation, said that four EU officials arrived on June 15 to discuss the flight ban imposed on Indonesia by the bloc two years ago.| "So far, the meeting has gone well," Herry was quoted by the Jakarta Global online as saying. … [Read more...] about EU to review Indonesian flight ban