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US, Vietnam reaches cargo open skies accord
The US and Vietnam have agreed to liberalize their bilateral civil aviation relations through an Open Skies arrangement for all-cargo services, including seventh freedom rights.
The agreement was initialed on October 7, after two days of negotiations in Hanoi between a Vietnamese delegation, led by Lai Xuan Thanh, the Deputy Director General of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, and a US delegation led by State’s Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs that included officials from the US Departments of Transportation and Commerce.
The press release by the US Embassy in Vietnam wrote that the agreement "will strengthen and expand our already strong trade and tourism links with Vietnam, and provide benefits to American and Vietnamese cargo carriers and to shippers, while preserving our commitments to aviation safety and security”.
“Vietnamese and US. cargo carriers will enjoy the benefits of liberalization on the basis of comity and reciprocity, pending the formal signing and entry into force of the agreement”.
The two sides agreed to meet within two years to discuss further liberalization of air services.
The US has previously reached Open Skies agreements with 93 partners, and we are pleased to have achieved this important accord, which builds upon our 2003 Air Transport Agreement with Vietnam.
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