Vietnam to seek US tariff postponement to serve negotiations

He also demanded ministries, sectors, and localities continue considering the importation of more commodities matching the US’ strength and Vietnam’s demand, including speeding up the delivery of Boeing aircraft to Vietnam Airlines, push ahead with the settlement of problems facing US enterprises, and thoroughly and effectively handle the issues that the US is concerned about.

They were also told to properly deal with the monetary policy-related issues in accordance with Vietnamese law and international practices, ensuring stable interest rates and balanced exchange rates suitable for the Vietnamese economy. Non-tariff issues should also be reviewed to make appropriate and reality-matching responses.

While the Ministry of Industry and Trade was assigned to tighten control over goods origin, the Ministry of Science and Technology was asked to examine copyright and intellectual property regulations, ensure serious compliance with Vietnam’s regulations, protect the rights and legitimate of relevant sides, and combat counterfeits.

The Government leader also assigned other specific tasks to ministries and sectors, asking them to make use of different channels to work with and propose the US implement a tariff and trade policy appropriate to Vietnam’s conditions as well as the two countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership./.