. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(09)/ST/76 
2 December 2009 
 (09-6151) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Seventh Session Geneva, 30 November - 2 December 2009 Original:   English 
 
  
VIET NAM 
 
Statement by HE Mr Vu Huy Hoang
 
Minister for Trade and Industry  
   It is our great honour to address and to be a part of the Seventh Session of the 
WTO Ministerial Conference, the first that the delegation of Viet Nam attends as a full 
WTO Member.  We would like to thank the Governme nt of the Federal Confederation of Switzerland 
and the WTO Secretariat for hosting and organizing  the Conference and for the generous hospitality 
extended to our delegation.   Since becoming a new Member almost three years ago, Viet Nam has been seriously 
implementing its accession commitments.  Even  against a backdrop of an unfavourable world 
economic situation, we have exerted our best effort s in reforming our trade and investment regime in 
a WTO-consistent manner with a view to cr eating a more favourable business environment, 
contributing to the strength of the multilateral trading system.  The Government of Viet Nam continues to reaffirm our strong commitment to the multilateral trading system and considers this as 
one of the main focuses of our economic integration policies. 
 
 Viet Nam attaches great importance to the D oha Development Agenda  and we believe it 
would make great contributions to global trade.  We urge Ministers to show strong leadership, 
engagement and political will in order to conclu de the Doha Round in 2010 with balanced and 
ambitious outcomes.  Viet Nam highly appreciates th e efforts of the Chairs of the negotiating groups 
as well as the Members in moving the Doha Round forw ard in recent months and, like others, we call 
for more efforts and engagement in the first quarter of 2010 if we are determined to reach the target of 
2010.  In this process, the key to success is that th e development interests and concerns of developing 
and least-developed Members be fully addressed.   Viet Nam is confident that the WTO is playing an important role in addressing the impact of 
the global economic crisis.  We appreciate the great efforts of Director-General Pascal Lamy and his 
team in working out periodical monitoring repor ts of trade measures as well as the endeavours to 
manage trade financing flows in this time of crisis .  We also appreciate the role of Aid for Trade in 
building capacities for developing a nd least developed countries to ma ke trade an engine for growth 
and economic recovery.  We look forward to more predictable, sustainable resources being allocated 
to Aid-for-Trade programmes.  In this respect , we would like to express our thanks to the 
International Trade Centre (ITC) and other donors for the generous technical assistance and support 
granted to the trade capacity-bu ilding activities in Viet Nam. 
  Viet Nam believes that in today's economic la ndscape the WTO remains a central and driving 
force of global trade.  However, its relevance can only be assured if the system continuously and 
tirelessly improves its efficiency, transparency and functionalities, with full  consideration of the 
administrative and financial constraints of  developing and least-developed countries. WT/MIN(09)/ST/76 
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 We also believe that universal membership of the WTO is the key to strengthening the 
multilateral rules-based trading system and therefore we call for a smooth and expeditious WTO accession process.  
 We wish the 7
th Session of the WTO Ministerial Conference a great success. 
 
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