HCM City pledges favourable conditions for investors
Ho Chi Minh City will speed up administrative reform to create optimal conditions for businesses, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang said.
Dinh La Thang, Secretary of HCM City Party Committee (R) and Cheo Hock Kuan, Temasek Holdings’s Head of Strategic and Public Affairs (Source: tuoitre.vn)
HCM City (VNA) –𒊎 Ho Chi Minh City will speed up administrative reform to create optimal conditions for businesses, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang said.
The official made the commitment at a reception for representatives from Singapore’s Temasek Holdings in HCM City on February 29.
HCM City wishes to receive feedback from investors and enterprises in order to improve local investment climate, he said, adding that businesses can call hotlines of the city or local departments and agencies if they have any concerns.
Thang promised to ask municipal departments and agencies to take the initiative in holding working sessions with investors and enterprises to learn about emerging problems and increase their supervision to ensure the smooth progress of projects in the city.
He called on Temasek Holdings and other businesses to pour more investments in the southern metropolis.
Cheo Hock Kuan, Temasek Holdings’s Head of Strategic and Public Affairs, briefed her host on the company’s investment plans in the time ahead.
She noted her hope that municipal leaders will create the best possible conditions for her company to implement its project in the city.-VNA
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Dinh La Thang, Secretary of HCM City Party Committee (R) and Cheo Hock Kuan, Temasek Holdings’s Head of Strategic and Public Affairs (Source: tuoitre.vn)
