Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has called on China to foster investment cooperation with Vietnam, given the country’s favourable geographical location and signing and negotiations of various free trade agreements that China could capitalise on.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a working session with China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong in Beijing on September 30 as part of the Vietnamese official’s trip to China for the 13th meeting of the Vietnam-China Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao co-chaired the 13th session of the Vietnam-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Committee in China on September 29.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China will hold the 13th meeting of their Economic and Trade Cooperation Committee in Beijing from September 2 to October 2, to outline orientations for economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a working session with energy and mineral enterprises in Hanoi on August 27 to discuss the promotion of coal trading with Laos.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani recently held a working session in Italy to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Trade and Industry Minister Nguyen Hong Dien has called on the G7 and its partners to immediately limit the erection of trade barriers, especially non-tariff measures that disrupt supply chains for essential goods.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will focus on enhancing consumer protection in order to maintain sustainable e-commerce development, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said at the National Assembly’s question and answer session on June 4.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a meeting in Vientiane on April 8 with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone who asked relevant ministries of the two sides to focus on removing difficulties facing their businesses in exporting coal and electricity, thus improving the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, and minerals.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaithong Kommasith signed a new Vietnam-Laos trade agreement following their talks in Vientiane, Laos, on April 8.