Jakarta (VNA) – The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced on July 8 that it is actively assessing investment opportunities in Indonesia, with a particular focus on nuclear energy, financial services, infrastructure development and critical minerals.
"Our private sector meetings shared interesting opportunities in nuclear energy and financial services," DFC Chief Policy Officer Caroline Vik said during an online briefing on the day as quoted by Indonesia’s national news agency Antara.
Vik said the DFC also identified potential cooperation with the Indonesian Government in transport, infrastructure, port development, and critical mineral mining and processing.
"We also heard about the government's major focus on promoting energy security through upstream exploration and midstream energy storage and transportation infrastructure," she said.
Before the briefing, Vik visited Manila, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta from June 19 to 25. During the Southeast Asia trip, she met senior government officials and business leaders to strengthen economic partnerships, enhance regional economic security and identify investment opportunities.
The DFC is the US Government's development finance institution and a key instrument of Washington's economic policy./.
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