PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives leaders of Norwegian groups
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with leaders of leading Norwegian groups in Oslo on May 24 (local time) as part of his official visit to the European country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third from left, first line) receives leaders of leading Norwegian groups (Source: VNA)
Oslo (VNA) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meetingwith leaders of leading Norwegian groups in Oslo on May 24 (local time) as partof his official visit to the European country.
At the meeting,leaders of the Norwegian groups such as Kongsberg, DVL-GL, Pharmaq, Vard, Jotunand Scatec Solar said that Vietnam is an open and potential market and voicedtheir hope that the Vietnamese Government will ensure a fair “playing ground”for foreign investors.
Jotun CEO MortenFoyn said his group is planning to build another paint factory in the southernarea of Ho Chi Minh City with an investment capital amount of 100 million USD,besides its first in neighbouring Binh Duong province which was constructed in1997.
Geir Haoy, Presidentand CEO of Kongsberg Group – a leading technology group in Norway – said thatVietnam is becoming an attractive destination for foreign investors with itsrapid and stable growth rate.
He expressed hishope to cooperate with Vietnam in expanding the application of technology inaquaculture and in developing its sea-based economy.
Raymond Carlsen,CEO of Scatec Solar which freshly signed a 500-million-USD investmentcooperation deal with Vietnam at the Vietnam-Norway Business Forum, shared thatthe investment will be poured into a solar power project and wished to build alaboratory in the country to support it in studying, transferring and exportingrenewable energy technology to the region.
He believed thatVietnam will issue a new preferential policy on tariffs for those who invest inrenewable energy.
For his part, PMPhuc affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to all economic sectors andforeign investors.
Showing hisimpression at Geir Haoy’s ideas, he said that Vietnam has paid attention to thesea-based economy. He assigned Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture andRural Development Le Quoc Doanh to hold in-depth discussions with the group onthis issue.
The governmentleader stressed that Vietnam always welcomes and is willing to create allfavourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Norway.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third from left, first line) receives leaders of leading Norwegian groups (Source: VNA) 
