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Vietnam, South Korea sign free trade agreement


    HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has signed with South Korea a free trade agreement which is expected to boost its exports to the South Korean market, the Vietnamese government said on Tuesday.

    The signing in Hanoi concluded two-year talks between the two countries and the agreement is expected to enable their trade to reach $70 billion a year by 2020, the government said in a statement, citing Vietnam's trade minister Vu Huy Hoang.

    South Korea is the biggest investor in Vietnam, with pledges totalling $38 billion in more than 4,200 projects as of March 2015, based on Vietnam government data.

    (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by)