The central coastal city of Da Nang hopes to boost links and promote trade with US investors and enterprises, affirmed Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang while receiving visiting US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper on April 22.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on March 8 had a working session with the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and representatives from 50 US firms operating in Vietnam.
US companies are seeing Vietnam as a "land of hope" following US Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to the Southeast Asian nation from August 24-26, reported the Vietnam Investment Review.
The northern province of Thai Binh will create favourable conditions for US enterprises to study its investment climate and carry out production and business projects in the locality, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Khac Than has said.
The central city of Da Nang on February 23 granted investment licences to six investment projects in local Hi-Tech Park and industrial parks, including three foreign-invested projects.
Country General Manager of IBM Vietnam Tan Jee Toon still remembers the first time he set foot on Vietnam seven years ago for his challenging tenure (2013-2015). It was in the final stage of the global financial crisis and at that time Vietnam’s macro-economy dropped to the lowest level.
The recently signed US-China trade deal, an effort to calm trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, will force Vietnamese businesses to grow in order to meet the challenges as well as the opportunities it brings, said economic experts.
At a reception in Hanoi on January 8 for Adam Boehler, first CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), head of the Economic Commission of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Van Binh affirmed that Vietnam always supports and facilitates the investment by US firms in general and the DFC in particular.
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception for visiting former US President Barack Obama on December 9.
Vietnam considers economy-trade a pillar in its cooperation with the US, stated head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh.
T&T Group and its US partner Gen X Energy recently worked with leaders of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau to discuss investing in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project worth nearly 6 billion USD in the locality.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 17 hosted a reception for representatives of several prestigious US companies on the occasion of his attendance at the 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
The 2018 US-Vietnam Business Summit was jointly held in Hanoi on September 10 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AMCHAM).
The Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the US, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Unresolved issues in Vietnam’s regulations and the business environment have resulted in relatively low FDI inflows from US and European multinational companies, experts say.
Renowned US corporations like Uber, Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil, Cargil and Pfizer are expanding their business in Vietnam, contributing to Vietnam’s export growth.
President Tran Dai Quang encouraged US businesses to make investment in Vietnam’s energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, finance-banking, education and training, and tourism.
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