Economic committees of Vietnamese, Chinese legislatures exchange information, experience

BEIJING – Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)'s Economic Committee Vũ Hồng Thanh on Tuesday met with Chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (NPC) Zhong Shan in Beijing within the framework of the official visit to China by NA Chairman Vương Đình Huệ. They also discussed non-tariff trade management measures; orientation, conditions, criteria and standards for free trade zone development; models of free trade zones, especially the experience of the Shanghai free trade zone. The Vietnamese official thanked the Chinese official and representatives of China’s Ministry of Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission, and National Railway Administration of China for sharing useful information and experiences with Việt Nam. Thanh believed that the results of the meeting will contribute to the success of NA Chairman Huệ’s visit as well as to cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries. He hoped that the two committees will continue working together in the coming time, especially in sharing experience in the development of railway, free trade zones and international financial centres.