英文： Vietnam wants to conclude WTO bilateral negotiations next year

Vietnam is expected to finish all bilateral talks on its accession to the World Trade Organization ( WTO), including those with three key partners, namely the United States, New Zealand and Australia, by early 2006 at the latest, local official of Trade Ministry said.

Vietnam is beefing up bilateral negotiations with the three countries from now to the end of this year, local newspaper Saigon Liberation on Tuesday saying.

The country has agreed to reduce tariffs on agricultural products to 18-20 percent with an implementation roadmap of 3-5 years, and remove as many as possible the products from the list of imported goods imposed by tariff quotas, he said, adding that only three items, namely salt, sugar and tobacco leaves are now applied by the quotas.


    中文：越南想明年结束WTO双边谈判

越南预计将在2006年以前完成加入世界贸易组织(WTO)的所有双边谈判。包括其中的三个主要谈判对象，即美国, 新西兰和澳洲。商业部的地方官员说。

在星期二的西贡地方报纸报道，越南从今年年末开始努力与这3个国家进行双边交涉。

这个国家许诺在3-5 年时间内将降低农产品关税18%-20%的战略目标。并且尽可能减少强加关税定额的进口产品。他说，增加仅3个项目，即盐，糖和烟草水平由由配额现在申请。