Vietnam creates optimal conditions for foreign investors: PM Phuc

Vietnam will work to maintain macro-economy’s stability and economic growth, while creating optimal conditions for businesses investing in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has pledged.
Vietnam creates optimal conditions for foreign investors: PM Phuc ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) poses for a group photo with foreign investors (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will work to maintain macro-economy’s stability and economicgrowth, while creating optimal conditions for businesses investing in the country,Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has pledged.

He made the vow whilereceiving a delegation of foreign businesses who have invested in the countryin Hanoi on October 11.

The PM highly valued theresults of investment activities of partners of VinaCapital, which has 3.3billion USD worth of assets under its management.

He stressed that thecountry will spare no efforts to address bottlenecks to facilitate firms’operation, noting Vietnam jumped ten places in the latest Global Competitiveness report of the WorldEconomic Forum, marking the strongest rise in this year’s global ranking.

The PM added thatVietnam wants to attract quality investment and investment in energydevelopment to meet the huge demand of its economic development.

He expressed his hopethat foreign investors will bolster investment in fields and projects whichVietnam has great demand for, such as infrastructure and energy.

At the meeting, foreigninvestors discussed with the PM the potential of key sectors in Vietnam, includingliquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, and voiced their wish to cooperatewith Vietnam in this sector and receive support of the government, thus contributingto the country’s economic development.

The investors also saidthey wanted to invest in Vietnam via the country’s stock market and purchase ofcorporate stocks./.
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