VN-Qatar aviation, tax agreements take effect

The Agreement on Aviation Transport and the Agreement on Double Taxation Avoidance and Prevention of Income Tax Evasion between Vietnam and Qatar have officially come into force.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Qatar Phung The Long and Ambassador Zayed Bin Rashid An Mansour Al-Nuaimi, Director of the Asia-Africa Department of the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed the minutes on the exchange of letters of approval of the Agreement on Aviation Transport in Qatar on April 21.

Zayed Bin Rashid An Mansour Al-Nuaimi also handed over to Long the Qatar Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic note, announcing the effectiveness of the Agreement on Double Taxation Avoidance and Prevention of Income Tax Evasion.

The agreements, which were signed in the Qatar capital city of Doha on March 8, 2009, will create a legal framework for the two nations to step up bilateral cooperation.

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