Hanoi, Oct. 26 -- Vietnam and the US on October 26 agreed to announce a Joint Statement on US-Vietnam Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair and Balanced Trade. The following is the full text of the Joint Statement. JOINT STATEMENT ON A UNITED STATES-VIETNAM FRAMEWORK FOR AN AGREEMENT ON RECIPROCAL, FAIR, AND BALANCED TRADE The United States of America (the United States) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) have agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade to strengthen our bilateral economic relationship, which will provide both countries' exporters unprecedented access to each other's markets. The Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade will build upon our longstanding econ...