HA NOI (March 19, 2003)— The next round of negotiations over a US-Viet Nam bilateral aviation pact, allowing direct flights between the two countries, will be held in the next quarter of this year in Washington, a Vietnam Airlines official said on Monday.
This follows real progress made in last week’s third round of talks in Ha Noi, according to Viet Nam Civil Aviation Authority vice chairman Pham Vu Hien, who said it helped the two sides to fill gaps. But they will have to continue discussing and studying proposals for a final deal, he admitted.