US reaches open-skies accord with Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) - The Unites States and Vietnam have agreed to
liberalise their bilateral civil aviation relations through an Open Skies arrangement for all-cargo services.

The agreement was initiated on October 7, after two days of negotiations in
Hanoi between a Vietnamese delegation of the Civil Aviation Administration
of Vietnam, and a US delegation of the US State Bureau of Economic,
Energy and Business Affairs.

The agreement will strengthen and expand already strong trade and tourism
links with Vietnam , and provide benefits to American and Vietnamese
cargo carriers and to shippers, while preserving commitments to aviation
safety and security.

Vietnamese and US cargo carriers will enjoy the benefits of liberalisation
on the basis of reciprocity, pending the formal signing of the
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