HCM City calls on FDI firms to support local sustainable development

Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan speaks at the meeting between HCM City leaders and FDI firms on April 21 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City recently held a meeting with foreign-invested (FDI) businesses, calling on them to work side by side with the southern metropolis of Vietnam toward the goal of fast and sustainable development. The event on April 21 drew representatives of foreign businesses' associations and nearly 200 FDI companies in HCM City. Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan said over the past years, HCM City has made efforts to improve investment climate, step up administrative reforms, streamline procedures, increase transparency and boost IT application in the settlement of administrative procedures to enhance the attractiveness to foreign investment. As a result, the city attracted 6.6 billion USD in FDI in 2017, surging over 90 percent from the previous year. In the first quarter of 2018 alone, the figure stood at 1.37 billion USD, compared to 5.8 billion USD of the entire country. However, he said, HCM City is also facing an array of challenges typical of a big city such as outdated transport system, and overloading… Read full this story

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