Representatives from dozens New Zealand firms doing business in Vietnam have met with the Vietnamese Embassy’s trade official in Waikato to learn more about Vietnam’s business investment environment.
Commercial Counselor Nguyen Kim Phuong (Source: VNA)
Hamilton (VNA) – Representatives from dozens of New Zealand firms doing businessin Vietnam have met with the Vietnamese Embassy’s trade official in Hamilton,Waikato to learn more about Vietnam’s business and investment environment.
Theevent was jointly organised by the Trade Office under the Embassy of Vietnam inNew Zealand, the Voice of New Zealand Exporters (ExportNZ) in Waikato, and theASEAN – New Zealand Businesses Council (ANZBC).
CommercialCounselor Nguyen Kim Phuong briefed the participants on Vietnam’s recenteconomic development, business climate, and assistance provided by her office.
Meanwhile,ExportNZ and ANZBC informed them about their support for businesses doingbusiness in the ASEAN and Vietnam markets, and their plan to send a delegationof 15 – 20 members to explore Vietnam’s market in 2017.
Otherinvestors in Vietnam also shared their experience in doing business in Vietnam.
Waikatois the fourth biggest region of New Zealand with 2.5 million hectares. Itsmajor export lines are milk, meat, farmed fish, forestry and wood products,farm products, among others.-VNA
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Commercial Counselor Nguyen Kim Phuong (Source: VNA) 
