PM calls on Hainan businesses to come to Vietnam

Hainan (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told Chinese businesspeople, including Hainan ones, that it is now a good time to do business in Vietnam.

Attending the Vietnam-China Business Forum held in Hainan province on Oct.
21 during his China visit, PM Dung said, "The purpose of this visit by
the Vietnamese government delegation is to work with Chinese leaders on
measures to concretise the two countries' comprehensive strategic
partnership with the priority given to trade and investment cooperation."

The PM stressed that the close proximity to each other is a favourable
condition for Vietnam and China to boost their comprehensive cooperation
in general and Vietnam 's ties with Hainan province in particular.

He urged Hainan to increase cooperation in tourism, shipping, and the
processing of farm, forestry products and seafood with Vietnamese localities
towards a trade value of 1 billion USD by 2010.

Hainan Governor Luo Baoming, said the sisterhood ties between Hainan and
Vietnam 's Quang Ninh province has laid a firm foundation for bilateral
cooperation and the province's two-way trade with Vietnam reached 260
million USD in 2007.

The Governor proposed the establishment of a dialogue mechanism on economic
and trade cooperation between Vietnamese and Hainan relevant agencies.

He also stressed on the acceleration of maritime transport cooperation, the
opening of direct flight route from Hainan to Vietnam and the promotion
of services links with a focus on tourism.

At the forum, Prime Minister Dung witnessed the signing of cooperation
agreements between the Hainan authorities and the Vietnam Ministry of
Industry and Trade before leaving the locality for Beijing to continue
his four-day official visit to China.-Enditem