Prime Minister welcomes Hong Kong group’s top executive
Vietnam is determined to improve its investment and business environment to create more favourable conditions for foreign investors, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) hosts Sunwah Group Chairman Jonathan Choi (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is determined to improve its investment and business environment to create more favourable conditions for foreign investors, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed while receiving Chairman of the Hong 𓄧Kong-based Sunwah Group Jonathan Choi, in Hanoi on April 21.
The Government leader appreciated the group’s investment in Vietnam over the past years. Along with its business and production activities, the group has also paid attention to the fields of culture, education and training, thus helping intensify friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China’s Hong Kong.
He asked Chairman Choi to promote investment projects and programmes and expand investment in Vietnam.
The guest stated that the group is eyeing cooperation opportunities in education and training in Vietnam and is working with the country’s Ministry of Education and Training on specific cooperative contents in this area.
Sunwah Group continues its cooperation in its strong fields and is considering investment in green food and organic fertilizer, he added.
He pledged to encourage other Hong Kong enterprises to investment in Vietnam, requesting for the Vietnamese Government’s continued facilitation of their long-term business and investment in the country.
Sunwah has been invested in Vietnam for 46 years. The rapid economic development in Vietnam in recent years has resulted in a significant increase in Sunwah Group’s investment in Vietnam.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) hosts Sunwah Group Chairman Jonathan Choi (Source: VNA)
