Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh and Washington Governor Jay Inslee (Source: VNA) Washington (VNA) – Vietnam welcomes enterprises from Washington State, likeBoeing and Microsoft, to do business in the Southeast Asian nation.
The statement was made by Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh duringhis recent working visit to the state to meet local leaders, aiming to boostVietnam – US relations.
During his meeting with Washington Governor Jay Inslee on October 9 Vinhdetailed progress in Vietnam – US ties, saying the two sides agreed to deepen themultifaceted relations within the framework of their comprehensive partnership,including in economics, trade, investment, security-defence,education-training, and people-to-people exchange.
For his part, Inslee briefed Vinh on local development and policies to expandinternational trade towards Asia, including Vietnam, which has severalcooperation agreements with the state.
Vinh expressed his hope that the locality will continue creating favourableconditions for Vietnamese enterprises and people to operate, live and study inthe state.
The Vietnamese diplomat later visited the Boeing headquarters, where he wasprovided with the group’s plan on expanding cooperation with Vietnam, includingaircraft supply, spare part production, personnel training assistance,enhancement of aviation safety standards.
Vinh highly valued Boeing’s effective cooperation in recent times and pledgedto facilitate cooperation projects with Vietnam.
The Vietnamese diplomat also attended a seminar with the local businesscommunity hosted by the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle and theUS National Center for APEC.
He briefed the attendees about Vietnam’s socio-economic situation and Vietnam –US economic – trade relations, and answered questions raised by local firms oninvestment and business opportunities in Vietnam.
Leaders of participating firms expressed their wish to accelerate the supply ofgoods and services to Vietnam, as well as expand investment and cooperationwith Vietnam in various fields, including finance-banking, manufacturing,infrastructure development and real estate, hi-tech agriculture, health careand education.
Washington State serves as an important gate of the US to the Asia – Pacificregion, with 75 seaports, 139 airports, and 3,666km of railroads. It is thefourth biggest US exporter, with one third of local jobs related to exports.
In 2016, the state exported and imported 79 billion USD and 47 billion USDworth of products, respectively.
Vietnam is the eighth biggest exporter of the state, with shipments valued at983 million USD in 2016.-VNA
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