Key members support
Vietnam's bid: WTO senior official
April 8, 2004
(VOV) - All key members of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) are interested in seeing Vietnam become a
member of the organization. There is no effort on the part of any existing
members to block Vietnam's accession to the WTO, a WTO senior official has
firmly stated.
"We've had seven meetings of the working party. I would describe the progress
made thus far as substantial but with significant issues still left to be
resolved in the accession," said the WTO's deputy director general Rufus
H.Yerxa told local reporters at a press conference in Hanoi on Wednesday.
Yerxa said there still is a need for the Vietnamese government to clarify and
make more formal certain proposals about how it is going to comply with WTO
rules.
"I do not believe this task is insurmountable. The Vietnamese government has
already made a number of significant indications to show how they are going to
comply with the rules," he added.
Vietnam has gone through seven rounds of talks and is among 25 countries
currently trying to gain admission to the WTO.
