Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen led a delegation to the US to strengthen investment, trade and tourism promotion activities and seek more US business partners.
Participants at the seminar on investment, trade and tourism promotion between Hanoi and San Francisco (Photo: www.hanoimoi.com.vn)
Washington D.C. (VNA) – Vice Chairman of theHanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen led a delegation to the US to strengtheninvestment, trade and tourism promotion activities and seek more US business partners.
In San Francisco, the delegation had a meeting with Directorof the San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce beforeholding a seminar on investment, trade and tourism promotion between Hanoi andSan Francisco.
The seminar drew representatives from the VietnameseAmerican Business Association (VABA) and a number of US enterprises in areas ofenvironment and waste treatment, finance-banking, digital and information technology,construction, real estate, and suppliers for major restaurants in the US, aswell as overseas Vietnamese businesses in the US.
In Washington, the delegation visited the Vietnamese Embassy.They also had a working session with representatives from Washington Mayor’sOffice.
At the meetings and events, Quyen popularised support policies and incentives thatHanoi has given to investors as well as the potential and advantages of thecity - one of the two major economic locomotives of Vietnam. He also fieldedquestions by businesses.
Quyen noted that Hanoi’s export revenue generated from theUS market reached 3.4 billion USD in 2021, up 25.9% year on year, while thecity imported 1.3 billion USD from the market, a rise of 23%.
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Participants at the seminar on investment, trade and tourism promotion between Hanoi and San Francisco (Photo: www.hanoimoi.com.vn) 
