Vietnam calls French investors to energy and environment protection

Paris (VNA) - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Huu Hao attended a
seminar with French businesses in Paris on Nov. 5 and urged them to
involve more in Vietnam 's energy and environment protection sectors.

Addressing the event, co-held by the French Agency for International
Business Development (Ubifrance) and the Vietnamese Embassy in France, the
official outlined Vietnam's energy consumption demands from now to 2050, its
policy and programmes on the development of environment-friendly and
renewable energy and energy saving.

He said he was willing to listen to French businesses' opinions relating
to their difficulties in investing in Vietnam .

In addition to nuclear power, which is France 's forte, the participants
at the seminar showed their interest in Vietnam 's oil refinery projects
and its incentives to developing renewable energy.

The seminar attracted a large number of French businesses, including big
ones such as Alstom, Natixis and Globex.-Enditem