Hanoi pledges to support overseas Vietnamese investors
Hanoi will create the best possible conditions for overseas Vietnamese investors to run long-term business in the capital city, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hong Son.
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will create the best possible conditions for overseas Vietnamese investors to run long-term business in the capital city, said Vice Cha🌟irman of the municipal People’s Commi🐼ttee Le Hong Son.
The official made the pledge at a meeting with 120 overseas Vietnamese businesspeople from 17 countries worldwide in Hanoi on December 29.
The Hanoi authority promised an open and transparent environment suitable with the process of international integration and will take solutions to remove obstacles facing the investors, he said.
He affirmed that overseas Vietnamese (OVs) play an important role as a bridge for the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and other nations across the world.
The Vietnamese Party and State in general and Hanoi in particular always consider OVs an integral part of the nation, Son noted.
He took the occasion to brief the OVs on marked achievements the capital attained in 2015 with all major economic sectors going on with recovery and people’s living standards improved significantly.
Such fruits in national construction and development saw the great contributions of Vietnamese abroad, the official stated.
Nguyen Duy Trung, Chairman of the Vietnamese General Association in Laos expressed his belief that more and more OVs and foreign businesses desire to invest in the capital.
At the event, the OVs and Hanoi leaders also discussed how to attract investment to the city.-VNA
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Hanoi city (Source: VNA)
