<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/9017/vietnam-urges-conclusion-of-tpp-negotiations">http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/9017/vietnam-urges-conclusion-of-tpp-negotiations</a><div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 35px; ">Vietnam urges conclusion of TPP negotiations</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Vietnam will create conditions for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations to take place smoothly and achieve expected outcomes soon, said President Truong Tan Sang.</strong><br><br>Sang made the statement when he had a meeting with the Acting Trade Representative of the US, Ambassador Demetrios James Marantis in Hanoi on April 23.<br><br>During their talk, both sides believed that Vietnam and the US will soon reach an agreement on TPP.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; ">Sang expressed his appreciation of the US’s support during TPP negotiations and urged the US delegation to study the specific investment, trade and labor conditions in Vietnam in order to achieve consensus during the negotiations.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; ">Meanwhile, Marantis said that the two countries need to discuss many contents in order to complete TPP negotiations in October.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; ">The two sides need to try to narrow the differences in their viewpoints in the fields of goods, service and investment, the ambassador said.<br><br>The same day, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh received Ambassador Marantis, saying that Vietnam recognizes the importance of the TPP and calls for relevant parties’ efforts to complete negotiations soon.<br><br>Vietnam’s participation in TPP negotiations reflects the government’s determination to accelerate international economic integration, Ninh said.<br><br>Ninh and his guest agreed that the two sides have achieved important outcomes during the TPP negotiation process and will closely coordinate in reviewing differences and discussing ways to remove them in the next rounds.<br><br>Ninh highly valued sound development in bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation over the past years.<br><br>Two-way trade jumped from US$2 billion in 2001 to $26 billion last year, and the US is now the largest export market of Vietnam, he said.<br><br>Marantis told Ninh that said the US government highly appreciated the good results of the trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.<br><br>As regards TPP, Marantis said both sides should make efforts to bridge the gap in the upcoming rounds of negotiation.</div></span></div></div></body></html>