Hanoi:Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Erik Kurzweil, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS), co-chaired the seventh meeting of the EU-Vietnam Joint Committee on September 25. The meeting focused on the implementation of the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).

According to Vietnam News Agency, the committee meeting allowed both parties to update each other on their socio-economic conditions and foreign policies. The participants conducted a comprehensive review of bilateral relations and evaluated the outcomes of the subcommittees' meetings, which covered political affairs, sustainable development, good governance, rule of law, and human rights.