Pakistan, July 15 -- Pakistan and Vietnam have agreed to take bilateral trade up to $1 billion and to finalize the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), during the recent visit of the Federal Minister for Commerce for emphasizing the strengthening of bilateral economic and trade ties.

During the four days visit of the Federal Minister Commerce Minister in last week, emphases was placed on establishing a bilateral banking channel, to finalize PTA, trade diversification in key sectors including textiles and fisheries, halal certification, civil aviation, healthcare, information technology, pharmaceuticals, food processing, agriculture, leather and surgical instruments.

It is also decided that the sixth session of the Joint Trade Commission ...