Vietnam, Hong Kong Sign Trade Promotion, Stock Exchange Deals

10:23:05 PM | 4/23/2009

Vietnam and Hong Kong Special Administration Region signed on April 21 trade promotion and stock exchange agreements as part of co-efforts to expand bilateral ties.
 
The deals were signed in presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Chief of Hong Kong Special Administration Region Tsang Yum-Kuen, the government of Vietnam said on its website.
 
Dung and Tsang Yum-Kuen also witnessed signed of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Hong Kong Education Bureau.
 
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Hong Kong jumped 39 per cent to US$3.5 billion last year, and currently Hong Kong firms invested into 500 projects valued at US$6.5 billion. (chinhphu.vn)