Sri Lanka and Vietnam had agreed to work on a free trade deal and advance co-operation in fisheries and agriculture at a meeting between the island’s foreign minister and the South East Asian nation’s envoy to Colombo.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and outgoing Viet Nam Ambassador Pham Thi Bich Ngoc had “agreed that in order to advance trade relations between the two countries, it is important to pursue a Preferential Trade Agreement,” the Foreign Ministry said.

Ambassador Bich Ngoc had offered to share best practices, knowledge and technology transfer, in fisheries and agriculture.

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