The PM assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to set up an interdisciplinary delegation in charge of negotiating the agreement.

Viet Nam-Laos border trade has yielded positive achievements over the past few years, contributing to expanding the market and a higher growth in the two-way trade turnover.

Both sides have improved mechanisms, polices and administrative procedures to create a healthier environment for trade exchanges.

The border trade agreement, which is expected to be inked in June, 2015, in Viet Nam, aims to create a sound legal framework facilitating trade activities through border gates between the two nations.

By Thuy Dung