(VOV) - US companies have voiced support for the Vietnamese government’s efforts to stabilize the macro-economy and pledged to do long-term business in the country. At Monday’s dialogue with Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, representatives of the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC), the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), and several major US companies praised Vietnam’s attention to US business and its willingness to hold dialogues to promote a healthy and transparent business environment. They said concluding Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) negotiations in 2013 is of paramount importance to their investment and business expansion strategies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Monday’s dialogue was part of the Vietnam Dialogue Initiative launched by the Vietnamese Embassy to create a channel of regular dialogues between the embassy and businesses, scholars, and experts of US agencies.