At the press conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The25th ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting (ATM 25) and relatedmeetings have been a success with the signing of a number of important agreementsto facilitate air, maritime and land transportation, Transport Minister NguyenVan The told a press conference in Hanoi on November 15.
He admitted that difficultiesremain in railway transportation due to high cost while ASEAN countries faceeconomic difficulties and access to official development assistance in thisfield is limited.
According to him, Vietnam ispreparing to submit a high-speed north-south railway project to the legislatureand draft plans for several routes connecting with Laos and Cambodia.
The minister singled out thesigning of the Protocol to Implement the 11th Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services under the ASEAN FrameworkAgreement on Services, and the Protocol No.3 to the ASEAN-China Air TransportAgreement on the Expansion of Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights between ContractingParties, saying those two documents were a great success of the ATM 25.
Theexpressed his belief that ASEAN countries will work together to better developair transportation following the meeting.
The ATM 25also agreed to a number of projects to facilitate transportation between ASEANand partners such as China, the Republic of Korea and Japan next year as wellas orientations for coming years./.
He admitted that difficultiesremain in railway transportation due to high cost while ASEAN countries faceeconomic difficulties and access to official development assistance in thisfield is limited.
According to him, Vietnam ispreparing to submit a high-speed north-south railway project to the legislatureand draft plans for several routes connecting with Laos and Cambodia.
The minister singled out thesigning of the Protocol to Implement the 11th Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services under the ASEAN FrameworkAgreement on Services, and the Protocol No.3 to the ASEAN-China Air TransportAgreement on the Expansion of Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights between ContractingParties, saying those two documents were a great success of the ATM 25.
Theexpressed his belief that ASEAN countries will work together to better developair transportation following the meeting.
The ATM 25also agreed to a number of projects to facilitate transportation between ASEANand partners such as China, the Republic of Korea and Japan next year as wellas orientations for coming years./.
VNA
