Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted Jonathan Choi, Chairman of the Hong Kong-Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce, and President of Sunwah Group, in Hanoi on March 19.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Jonathan Choi, Chairman of the Hong Kong-Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc hosted Jonathan Choi, Chairman of the Hong Kong-Viet Nam Chamber ofCommerce, and President of Sunwah Group, in Hanoi on March 19.
He underlined the sound cooperation betweenVietnam and China and particularly Hong Kong in various fields such as economy,trade, investment, tourism and culture.
Jonathan Choi expressed his pleasure at the factthat many Hong Kong firms do successful business in Vietnam, including Sunwah,thanks to the facilitation of the Prime Minister, the Vietnamese Government andrelevant agencies.
Many Chinese enterprises are eyeing investmentin Vietnam in the fields of start-up, tourism, energy and infrastructure, he added.
PM Phuc said he supports activities to increaseculture and education cooperation between Vietnam and China, contributing topromoting people-to-people exchanges.
He hailed the chamber for organising manyactivities to connect Chinese and Japanese businesses to jointly invest inVietnam as well as encourage Chinese firms to help Vietnamese farm producereach out to the global market.
The leader suggested the chamber host moresimilar activities to step up cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese companies,not only for coffee and rice but also seafood and other products.
The PM welcomed Chinese firms to invest intransport infrastructure and energy in Vietnam, affirming that the Governmentwill create all possible conditions for foreign investors to do business inVietnam without causing environmental pollution.
He also called for bilateral cooperation intourism, revealing Vietnam’s target of serving 50 million internationalvisitors per year in the near future.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Jonathan Choi, Chairman of the Hong Kong-Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce (Photo: VNA)
