ANTD.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien suggested that China speed up the process of opening its market for Vietnamese agricultural products, and give more time for lobsters to be exported to China.
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| Minister Nguyen Hong Dien and Minister Vuong Van Dao at a small meeting held right before the meeting. |
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wen Tao co-chaired the 12th meeting of the Vietnam-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Committee, during the official visit to Vietnam from November 25 to 28, 2023 by the Chinese Minister of Commerce.
The Vietnam-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Committee is a regular, rotating cooperation mechanism between the two governments, co-chaired by the leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Commerce of China. The 12th meeting is the first meeting co-chaired by the two Ministers. This is also the first meeting to be held in person after 3 years of interruption due to the pandemic.
At the closed-door meeting held right before the meeting, the two Ministers affirmed their determination to closely coordinate and make more efforts to effectively implement the common perceptions reached by the two countries' senior leaders on expanding bilateral economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and China in recent times.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed and highly appreciated the significance of Minister Vuong Van Dao's official visit to Vietnam and co-chaired the 12th meeting of the Joint Committee with the Minister to propose a number of important measures to implement the common perception of the two countries' senior leaders such as: supporting Vietnamese enterprises to build brands in the Chinese market;
Speed up the process of opening the market for Vietnamese agricultural products; Promote the signing of the Framework Agreement on rice trade between the two countries;
Minister Nguyen Hong Dien also requested that Chinese authorities allow a transition period for lobsters when imported into China; Expand the list of border gates between China and Vietnam that are allowed to import agricultural products, seafood, and food;
Complete procedures to establish a Vietnam Trade Promotion Office in Haikou, Hainan, China in 2023; Strengthen economic and trade cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnamese localities and Chinese localities;
Effectively implement signed agreements such as the “Memorandum of Understanding on enhancing cooperation to ensure the supply chain of goods between Vietnam and China”; Support, facilitate and give incentives for Vietnamese enterprises to increase their presence, rent warehouses and export through e-commerce pilot zones or free trade pilot zones of China.
Speaking at the meeting, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao expressed his willingness to cooperate with Vietnam to resolve issues of mutual concern. Responding to issues of concern to Vietnam in the field of agricultural exports, the Minister of Commerce assessed that the Chinese market has great demand and welcomes high-quality agricultural products from Vietnam.
Minister Vuong Van Dao happily announced that, after 10 months since China opened its durian market (late 2022), Vietnam's durian export turnover has reached nearly 2 billion USD and is expected to far exceed this figure in the whole year of 2023.
The Ministry of Commerce will continue to coordinate and promote Chinese Customs to open its market to Vietnamese agricultural products.
Regarding the difficulties in exporting spiny lobsters, Minister Vuong Van Dao said that Vietnamese enterprises need to urgently register their production and packaging facilities with Chinese Customs; at the same time, the competent authorities of the two countries need to promptly carry out inspection and assessment of enterprises and growing areas in person or online so that spiny lobsters can be exported to China.
Regarding the proposal to coordinate customs clearance to avoid the recurrence of congestion of goods at border gates, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce affirmed that it attaches great importance to and is ready to coordinate and implement measures to facilitate customs clearance to ensure the interests of Vietnamese farmers.
Minister Vuong Van Dao also said that China will provide a favorable business environment and create conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to build a foothold in the Chinese market.
In addition, the Chinese Minister of Commerce also affirmed that he will cooperate with Vietnam locally and continue to support the establishment of Vietnam Trade Promotion Offices (XTTM) in China.
On this occasion, the Chinese Minister of Commerce also put forward many new ideas to expand and facilitate bilateral economic and trade cooperation such as strengthening agricultural cooperation; trade defense cooperation, cross-border e-commerce cooperation; promoting the opening/upgrading of border gates, building smart border gates and improving the level of customs clearance facilitation...
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