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| Vietnam set for WTO membership | Vietnam set for WTO membership |
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| Vietnam has been given the go-ahead to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and could be installed as its 150th member by early November. | Vietnam has been given the go-ahead to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and could be installed as its 150th member by early November. |
| The move would bring to an end a 12-year journey for Vietnam which hopes membership will help it maintain its rapid economic growth. | The move would bring to an end a 12-year journey for Vietnam which hopes membership will help it maintain its rapid economic growth. |
| A meeting of the WTO's main negotiating group approved the terms of Vietnam's membership at a meeting in Geneva. | A meeting of the WTO's main negotiating group approved the terms of Vietnam's membership at a meeting in Geneva. |
| It had introduced all the necessary reforms, the trade body said. | It had introduced all the necessary reforms, the trade body said. |
| It adds another little shining star to all the other accomplishments they have had in the last 10 years Tom O'Dore Chairman, Hanoi's American Chamber of Commerce Analysis: Challenges to Vietnam's economy | It adds another little shining star to all the other accomplishments they have had in the last 10 years Tom O'Dore Chairman, Hanoi's American Chamber of Commerce Analysis: Challenges to Vietnam's economy |
| Formalities are expected to be completed by the body's executive council. | Formalities are expected to be completed by the body's executive council. |
| 'Extensive' commitment | 'Extensive' commitment |
| Vietnam has set out its intention to leave the ranks of the world's poorest countries by 2010. | Vietnam has set out its intention to leave the ranks of the world's poorest countries by 2010. |
| It has Asia's fastest economic growth outside of China, with its economy set to grow by 7.8% in 2006, according to the Asian Development Bank. | It has Asia's fastest economic growth outside of China, with its economy set to grow by 7.8% in 2006, according to the Asian Development Bank. |
| Commitment to the WTO had been "extensive and far-reaching", said Vietnam's trade minister Troung Dinh Tuyen. | Commitment to the WTO had been "extensive and far-reaching", said Vietnam's trade minister Troung Dinh Tuyen. |
| Membership will increase Vietnam's status at the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum which begins a meeting in Hanoi on November 12 - five days after Vietnam's membership could be ratified. | Membership will increase Vietnam's status at the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum which begins a meeting in Hanoi on November 12 - five days after Vietnam's membership could be ratified. |
| "It just adds another little shining star to all the other accomplishments they have had in the last 10 years," said chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi, Tom O'Dore. | "It just adds another little shining star to all the other accomplishments they have had in the last 10 years," said chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi, Tom O'Dore. |
| In May, Vietnam completed bilateral negotiations with the US over access to markets. | In May, Vietnam completed bilateral negotiations with the US over access to markets. |