The Vietnamese delegation will be led by the Head of Government's Negotiation Delegation on international trade and economic issues, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh.— Photo news.go.vn

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — The chief negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries will hold their next meeting in Ha Noi from September 1 to 10.

The Vietnamese delegation will be led by the Head of Government's Negotiation Delegation on international trade and economic issues, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh.

Attending the meeting will be more than 400 representatives from 12 TPP countries, including Viet Nam, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and the US. Statistics show that 12 TPP countries will form a large market, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of the GDP and about one-third of trade globally.

The meeting is expected to make breakthroughs to create conditions for completing the negotiations soon. The negotiators will focus on discussing existing issues related to accession to the market for goods and services, intellectual property, investment, environment, state-owned enterprises, laws and plans for bilateral exchange. — VNS