Vietnam always supports US investors: Party official

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.
Vietnam always supports US investors: Party official ảnh 1Head of the Economic Commission of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Van Binh (R) receives Adam Boehler, first CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation, on January 8 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – At a reception in Hanoi on January8 for Adam Boehler, first CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation(DFC), head of the Economic Commission of the Party Central Committee NguyenVan Binh affirmed that Vietnam always supports and facilitates the investmentby US firms in general and the DFC in particular.

Binh also spoke highly of the DFC’s role in the US foreignpolicy and asked it to expand the list of the projects in Vietnam, especiallyin the fields of the country’s need like energy, infrastructure, heal care,aviation, and finance.

The official expressed his belief the organisation willserve as a bridge to provide information on investment chances and potential inVietnam to US firms and investment funds, and that the support by the DFC willbe an important catalyst for a stronger wave of investment from the US intoVietnam in the time to come.

For his part, the DFC head pledged support and said the USside will look for chances to invest in Vietnam’s private economic sector, especiallyin the fields of energy and infrastructure, thus helping ensure energy securityand support to Vietnam’s key infrastructure projects./.
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