Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho (Source: Vietnam Pictorial) Can Tho (VNA) –Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can ThoTruong Quang Hoai Nam vowed to provide all possible support to Singaporeanfirms to do business in the locality, during a Singapore-Can Tho trade andinvestment promotion seminar on October 17.
With 12 Singaporean and 20 Can Tho enterprisestaking part, the event was initiated by the Vietnam Trade Office in Singaporeunder the auspices of the Singapore Business Association, the Singapore MalayChamber of Commerce and Industry (SMCCI), and Enterprises Singapore.
Nam said Can Tho is set to be an industrial,commercial, service, financial, healthcare, agriculture, and education-traininghub of the Mekong Delta.
He said he hoped the city will establishstrategic ties with Singaporean partners in the above fields, and that Singaporewill share its experience and technological advances for mutualdevelopment.
Honorary Secretary and Chairman of the SMCCI’sInternationalisation Committee Dainial Sani Lim said that Singapore wants tolift bilateral ties to a greater height by extending trade and investment links,as well as developing projects in major Vietnamese cities and provinces,especially in the south.
He said Can Tho boasts the best workforce and a convenienttransportation infrastructure in road, waterways, and airways, serving as agateway for the Lower Mekong and an important hub of inter-regionaltransportation. He added that the city was also lauded for its incentives ineducation, healthcare, tourism, biotechnology, information technology, andlogistics services.
Lim expressed hope that the event will affordCan Tho and Singaporean enterprises a chance to share experience and transfertechnology, thereby improving service quality and promoting trade.
Ding Khoon Yew – Vice Chairman of the SembcorpDevelopment Ltd., which has invested in seven Vietnam-Singapore IndustrialParks – expressed his wishes to expand investments in real estate, energy, andtrade in Can Tho.
He said Sembcorp plans to build wind, thermal,and solar power plants to make Can Tho the first locality in the southwest touse renewable energy, adding that it will also build more public works usingadvanced technology, especially in water and wastewater treatment; develophigh-tech industrial areas; and partner with Can Tho in smart urbandevelopment.
Yang Sook Chin, Director of Verve Consultancy,suggested that it will help Can Tho companies access markets and call forcapital, and wished to connect with Vietnamese law consulting offices to helpSingapore firms invest in the city. –VNA
With 12 Singaporean and 20 Can Tho enterprisestaking part, the event was initiated by the Vietnam Trade Office in Singaporeunder the auspices of the Singapore Business Association, the Singapore MalayChamber of Commerce and Industry (SMCCI), and Enterprises Singapore.
Nam said Can Tho is set to be an industrial,commercial, service, financial, healthcare, agriculture, and education-traininghub of the Mekong Delta.
He said he hoped the city will establishstrategic ties with Singaporean partners in the above fields, and that Singaporewill share its experience and technological advances for mutualdevelopment.
Honorary Secretary and Chairman of the SMCCI’sInternationalisation Committee Dainial Sani Lim said that Singapore wants tolift bilateral ties to a greater height by extending trade and investment links,as well as developing projects in major Vietnamese cities and provinces,especially in the south.
He said Can Tho boasts the best workforce and a convenienttransportation infrastructure in road, waterways, and airways, serving as agateway for the Lower Mekong and an important hub of inter-regionaltransportation. He added that the city was also lauded for its incentives ineducation, healthcare, tourism, biotechnology, information technology, andlogistics services.
Lim expressed hope that the event will affordCan Tho and Singaporean enterprises a chance to share experience and transfertechnology, thereby improving service quality and promoting trade.
Ding Khoon Yew – Vice Chairman of the SembcorpDevelopment Ltd., which has invested in seven Vietnam-Singapore IndustrialParks – expressed his wishes to expand investments in real estate, energy, andtrade in Can Tho.
He said Sembcorp plans to build wind, thermal,and solar power plants to make Can Tho the first locality in the southwest touse renewable energy, adding that it will also build more public works usingadvanced technology, especially in water and wastewater treatment; develophigh-tech industrial areas; and partner with Can Tho in smart urbandevelopment.
Yang Sook Chin, Director of Verve Consultancy,suggested that it will help Can Tho companies access markets and call forcapital, and wished to connect with Vietnamese law consulting offices to helpSingapore firms invest in the city. –VNA
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