Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue: 'Vietnam-EU relations can become a mirror'
On the evening of September 18, in Brussels, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue chaired an investment promotion seminar with the presence of representatives of Vietnamese-EU enterprises.
At the seminar, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue delivered an important speech, highlighting the achievements, vision and orientation for socio-economic development of Vietnam, thereby introducing the potential to promote economic relations between Vietnam and Belgium and with European countries.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue directly dialogues with businesses. |
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized Vietnam's role as a bridge for European businesses to access the large market in the Asia-Pacific region. He also affirmed that the Vietnamese Government is committed to continuing its efforts to build a transparent, business-friendly, highly open investment environment, creating the most favorable conditions for businesses, especially in the prospect of the EVFTA Agreement being implemented soon.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that with the EVFTA and other new generation FTAs about to take effect, the positive results of the process of renewing the growth, investment and business models, combined with the great potential of a modern Vietnam, there is no reason to prevent the promotion of the relationship between Vietnam and Belgium in particular and the European Union in general to develop more strongly and deeply in all areas, especially economic, trade and investment relations. We can become role models in the context of protectionism and populism that seem to be rising in some countries.
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| EU and Vietnamese businesses attend the dialogue. |
At the seminar, Belgian and European businesses expressed their impression of the socio-economic development achievements that Vietnam has achieved in recent times and showed great interest in business opportunities in Vietnam.
Many representatives of large corporations, law firms, and research institutes from Belgium openly and frankly shared comments and proposals to further improve the investment and business environment in Vietnam; strengthen the Government-Business Dialogue as well as introduce projects to be implemented in Vietnam.
On the same afternoon, the Deputy Prime Minister received representatives of Belgian corporations including AB InBev, the world's largest multinational beverage and beer producer; Bekaert SA, a steel wire and steel plating producer listed among Belgium's top 20 companies; Pharma Group Vietnam, an organization representing 26 multinational pharmaceutical companies in Vietnam; and EFPIA, the European Pharmaceutical Association, representing 40 European multinational pharmaceutical corporations./.
According to VOV
