Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and Director of Ciputra Group Budiarsa Sastrawinata. (Photo: VNA)Bali (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledgedto create the best possible conditions for foreign investors, including thosefrom Indonesia, during his meetings with leaders of Ciputra Group and PT NikkoSekuritas Indonesia in Bali, Indonesia, on October 12.
Ata meeting with Director of Ciputra Group Budiarsa Sastrawinata, also President of theIndonesia-Vietnam Friendship Association (IVFA), PM Phuc acknowledged thegroup’s investment projects in Vietnam, including the Ciputra urban area inHanoi.
He said the VietnameseGovernment has made efforts to improve the local business environment andcreate optimal conditions for investors, including Ciputra.
Budiarsa Sastrawinata toldthe Vietnamese leader that Ciputra is operating in various spheres such asmining, manufacturing and hotels.
Ciputra has cooperatedwith various Vietnamese partners, including the Vietnam-Indonesia FriendshipAssociation and the Vietnamese Ambassador in Indonesia to organise businessforums, helping promote investment ties between the two countries, he said.
The group will continue toinvest in luxury hotels and the Ciputra Hanoi International City, he added,calling for more support from the PM and the Vietnamese Government for thegroup’s operation, especially its cooperation with Vietnamese partners.
PM Phuc expressed his hopethat the association will continue working with its Vietnamese counterpart to boostVietnam-Indonesia relations.
As two populous countriesin the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam and Indonesia canhelp reinforce regional development through their bilateral ties, he said.
Meeting with HariantoSolichin, President Director of PT Nikko Sekuritas Indonesia, which provides investment banking, investment management andsecurities brokerage services, PM Phuc noted the company’s prestige andachievements.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and President Director of PT Nikko Sekuritas Indonesia Harianto Solichin. (Photo: VNA)He welcomed the memorandum of understanding oncooperation in building an expressway worth 200 million USD in Jakarta betweenthe Indonesian company and Vietnam’s Licogi 16 JSC.
He noted that the project opens up cooperationopportunities for the two countries in infrastructure construction and otherpotential realms.
He urged the two sides to launch more projects inIndonesia and Vietnam, and voiced his wish that Nikko will continue supportingVietnamese investors in Indonesia as well as Indonesian enterprises andregional and international groups in Vietnam, particularly in airport andseaport building.
For his part, Solichin said Nikko has invested insecurities in Vietnam for many years and deployed investment projects in itscentral province of Da Nang.
He extended his wish to receive more attention andfavourable conditions from the PM and relevant Vietnamese agencies during theimplementation of projects.
PM Phuc suggested Nikko and Licogi 16 becomestrategic, trustworthy and effective partners, and that the two sides shouldstep up their partnerships in different investment forms, especially thepublic-private partnership model.
On this occasion, PM Phuc and representatives of someministries and agencies witnessed the signing of a document on cooperation ininfrastructure construction between Nikko and Licogi 16.
Accordingly, the two sides will team up to build the 200million USD expressway and a commercial centre worth about 50 million USD inJakarta.
At the same time, Nikko will invest in another solarpower project with a capacity of 50MW and a funding of 50 million USD inVietnam’s central region.
Construction of the projects is expected to begin early nextyear. -VNA
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