Workshop highlights investment opportunities in ASEAN

The Singapore-based Maybank Kim Eng held a workshop in the country on March 31-April 1 to highlight business opportunities in ASEAN in 2015 and onwards.
The Singapore-based Maybank Kim Eng held a workshop in the country onMarch 31-April 1 to highlight business opportunities in ASEAN in 2015and onwards.

Experts said the integrationopportunities remain open for all ASEAN businesses given the ASEANEconomic Community (AEC) will be established by late 2015.

Steven Chan, regional head of the banking and financial research atMaybank Kim Eng Securities Hong Kong, told Vietnam News Agencycorrespondents that the AEC will bring huge benefits for Vietnam withits targets of promoting trade, increasing the labour force, andimproving the internal GDP.

Specifically, the AECformation will help Vietnam maintain stable economic development andconsolidate trust of foreign investors so that to draw biggerinvestments from the insiders and outsiders of the bloc, he added.

According to Sadiq Curimbhoy, Maybank Kim Eng Global InvestmentStrategist, the infrastructure, financial services, tourism, and tradesectors will benefit most from the AEC if businesses could spotopportunities and seize them.

During the workshop,experts talked about the role of women in economic development and howto grasp opportunities in ASEAN emerging markets and use technology todevelop operations.

Founded in 1967, the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam.-VNA

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