British prime minister hails trade with Vietnam on first visit

David Cameron hailed rapidly growing trade with Vietnam during the first visit by a British Prime Minister to the communist country, as a number of key business deals were signed. Bilateral trade between the two countries has doubled in the last three years, but it still represents just 0.5 percent of the UK's total global trade, Cameron said in Hanoi.  David Cameron, British prime minister: “Finally we’ve discussed how we can work together on a range of security challenges, from regional issues to climate change, and tonight we are going to discuss the scourge of people trafficking, the problems of modern slavery. Britain is leading the global fight to stamp out this abhorrent trade and we will be discussing how to strengthen our existing strong cooperation with Vietnam." The UK also agreed to extend some half a billion pounds of credit to Vietnam for infrastructure development, adding he had discussed the need for "better business integrity" with his Vietnamese counterpart, Cameron said.