US plane maker Boeing has announced that it opened its first office in Vietnam, along with another in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a view to expanding the company’s presence in Southeast Asia.
Hanoi(VNA) – USplane maker Boeing has announced that it opened its first office in Vietnam, alongwith another in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a view to expanding the company’spresence in Southeast Asia.
“Boeing’s presence in Indonesia and Vietnam willsupport the company’s growth objectives across its commercial airplanes,defense and services businesses”, it said in its announcementreleased on August 23.
The same day, Boeing announced the appointment of Alexander Feldman as the newpresident of the company’s Southeast Asia business. Feldman will be based inSingapore and oversee the company’s strategy and operations as Boeing expandsits regional presence.
Previously, Feldman waspresident and CEO of the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) for more than 12years and also served as its chairman in 2020-2021 helping to steer the Councilthrough the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I am proud to joinBoeing, one of the world’s iconic brands, and a strong and growing partner toone of the fastest-growing and most consequential markets in the world:Southeast Asia,” said Feldman.
“With over 380 millionpeople under the age of 35, Southeast Asia will bolster Boeing’s growth fordecades to come and support hundreds of thousands of American jobs as well ascountless others across the region,” he added.
As a leading global aerospace company,Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defenseproducts and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a topUS exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base toadvance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact./.
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Alexander Feldman (Source: Boeing) 
