(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Wednesday that the Vietnamese Government always protects the legitimate rights and interests of investors and is open and ready to listen to the thoughts of the US business community.
Prime Minister Chinh had a working session with the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation of leading firms including Netflix, Boeing, Apple, Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Abbott, Visa, Citibank, Meta, Ford, and Fedex Express.
The Prime Minister said that the Vietnamese Government will continue to create favorable conditions for US businesses to expand their investment in Vietnam and creating conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to participate more deeply in the production value chain of US enterprises.
He suggested that the two sides continue to discuss removing barriers to production and business and improving the business investment environment. He called on USABC continue to expand its investment business in Vietnam, focusing on areas where Vietnam has needs and USABC's businesses have strengths, creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to participate more deeply in the global value and supply chain.
Representatives of the US-ASEAN Business Council and US businesses expressed confidence in Vietnam's growth prospects. They committed to long-term investment in Vietnam, especially in green transformation, digital transformation, energy transformation, finance, manufacturing, automobile industry, entertainment industry, healthcare, and logistics.
Businesses proposed that the Government, ministries and sectors of Vietnam improve legal framework on e-commerce, information network security, access to information, tax policy, capital market reform to promote investment, and visa policy.