Ho Chi Minh City welcomes UK investors

Ho Chi Minh City welcomes investors from the UK, especially given the recent signing of a free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (EU).

HCMC municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong receives Lord David Puttnam, special envoy of the UK Prime Minister in charge of trade with Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, in the city on March 3. (Credit: VNA)

Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong made the statement while hosting Lord David Puttnam, special envoy of the UK Prime Minister in charge of trade with Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, in the city on March 3.

Phong confirmed the visit would further strengthen the Vietnam-UK relationship, following the UK Prime Minister’s Vietnam visit last July.

He also thanked the UK for its support for Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, especially in the fields of education-training, public-private partnership and the new Thu Thiem urban area planning.

The city has identified transport infrastructure and business climate improvement as key tasks, he stated.

Puttnam suggested the city adopt numerous technological advances, a strength of the UK, in order to complete infrastructure projects.

With a young entrepreneur base, expertise and modern technology, Ho Chi Minh City’s infrastructure projects will be completed in the near future, he said.

(Source: NDO)