Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets with Doreen Steidle, Asia-Pacific Regional Head for Group Government Affairs with HSBC, in Phnom Penh (Photo: VNA)Phnom Penh(VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with leaders of major businesses onthe sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2017 in Phnom Penh,Cambodia, on May 12.
While receiving Magesvaran Surajan, President ofAsia Pacific Selling and Market Operations of the US’s Procter & Gamble(P&G) Company, PM Phuc highly evaluated the group’s business activities inVietnam as well as its practical support and active participation in APECevents in 2017. He asked P&G to continue long-term investment in Vietnam soas to help bolster the country’s economic ties with the US.
At a meeting with Linda Seah, Vice President of Ireland’sShire Plc, PM Phuc hailed the group’s application of high technology in medicaltreatment in Vietnam. He also welcomed Shire Plc’s plan to expand itsoperations in the country in the time ahead.
The Vietnamese leader also met with DoreenSteidle, Asia-Pacific Regional Head for Group Government Affairs with the UK’sHSBC, where he said the bank’s financial and banking services have helpedimprove competitiveness of Vietnam’s credit-banking system. He called on HSBCto cooperate with commercial banks of Vietnam to expand their overseas activities.
Talking with Vice President of the US’s GE groupChristian Bennett, PM Phuc applauded the firm’s investment expansion plan inVietnam and its cooperation with Vietnamese partners in energy development. ThePM also expressed his hope that GE will actively support activities within theAPEC Year 2017 in Vietnam.-VNA
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