Vietnam, Hong Kong work for Tonkin Gulf economic belt

With the ASEAN nations’ agreement to discuss Hong Kong’s participation in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area as a separate entity, Hong Kong-Vietnam relations will continue to grow, contributing to the development of the Tonkin Gulf Economic Belt, particularly the Hong Kong-Guangxi-Vietnam triangle.
With the ASEAN nations’ agreement to discuss Hong Kong’s participationin the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area as a separate entity, HongKong-Vietnam relations will continue to grow, contributing to thedevelopment of the Tonkin Gulf Economic Belt, particularly the HongKong-Guangxi-Vietnam triangle.

This was the remarkby Chairman of the Hong Kong-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce Jonathan Choiduring his working session with a Vietnamese inter-sectoral delegationled by Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, in Hong Kong on July 31.

Jonathan Choi said that the session offered a chancefor the chamber’s members to access latest information about investmentopportunities in Vietnam.

For his part,Deputy Minister Son went through outstanding features of Vietnam -China relations and those between Vietnam and Hong Kong inparticular.

He expressed his pleasure at the development of the two sides’ ties in the past time, particularly in economics and trade.

The Deputy Minister asked the Hong Kong-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce towork harder to strengthen linkages between the two sides, allowingHong Kong businesses to contribute more to bilateral connectivity,including the development of the Tonkin Gulf Economic Belt.

At the session, the businesses spoke highly of improvements inVietnamese investment and business environment recently. Some of them,including TAL Apparel Limited, said they will continue their strategyfor long-term operation in Vietnam .

Hong Kongwas the last stop of the Vietnamese delegation in a trip to survey theTonkin Gulf Economic Belt, which also took them to Vietnam’s Quang Ninhprovince and China’s Guangxi and Guangdong provinces./.

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