General Secretary To Lam receives CEO of Warburg Pincus Investment Fund (USA) Jeffrey David Perlman. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

On April 18, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam received Mr. Jeffrey David Perlman, General Director of Warburg Pincus Investment Fund (USA), and Co-Chairman of the ASEAN-US Business Council.

At the meeting, the General Secretary affirmed that the United States is one of Vietnam's leading strategic partners, expressing his delight at the positive and substantive developments of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in recent times, for the benefit of the people of the two countries, for peace, stability and sustainable development in the region and the world.

The General Secretary congratulated and highly appreciated the success of the Fund's investment projects in Vietnam, contributing to Vietnam's development as well as expanding economic, investment and trade cooperation between the two countries.

The General Secretary affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam are very interested in and create favorable conditions for foreign enterprises to invest in Vietnam, including US enterprises, to do business effectively and sustainably in Vietnam in accordance with the provisions of law; suggested that the Fund maintain and increase investment in ongoing projects, while expanding to areas where US enterprises have strengths and Vietnam has demand such as high technology, new energy, and digital infrastructure.

The General Secretary thanked the Fund and US businesses for accompanying and supporting Vietnam in handling tariff issues between the two countries. The General Secretary affirmed that Vietnam and the US are two complementary economies; he said that Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc's recent visit to the US as the General Secretary's Special Envoy had achieved initial positive results for the two sides to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement.

The General Secretary asked Mr. Jeffrey David Perlman and US businesses investing and doing business in Vietnam to continue to support and have a voice so that bilateral negotiations can soon achieve results, contributing to promoting economic, trade and investment cooperation to develop stably and sustainably, meeting the interests of the people and businesses of the two countries.

Mr. Jeffrey David Perlman expressed his honor that the General Secretary took the time to receive the delegation, and thanked the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam for always paying attention, listening and creating favorable conditions for the Fund and US enterprises to invest and do business in Vietnam.

Congratulating Vietnam's development achievements in recent times, the General Director of Warburg Pincus Investment Fund shared that these achievements have inspired and strengthened the trust of US enterprises in investing and doing business in Vietnam.

General Secretary To Lam receives CEO of Warburg Pincus Investment Fund (USA) Jeffrey David Perlman. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

The General Director of Warburg Pincus Investment Fund affirmed that with the good results of more than a decade of doing business in Vietnam, the Fund wishes to continue investing long-term, bringing positive changes in Vietnam.

Mr. Jeffrey David Perlman believes that the success of the Fund's projects in Vietnam, including the Ho Tram project in Ba Ria-Vung Tau and the Metropole hotel project in Hanoi, will be symbols of success in cooperation between the two countries as well as foreign investment in Vietnam, thereby attracting more potential investors.

Mr. Jeffrey David Perlman affirmed that he and the Fund's leaders will continue to support and advise Vietnamese ministries and sectors on tariff solutions that benefit the people and businesses of the two countries, for the stable, sustainable and effective development of Vietnam-US relations./.

(Vietnam News Agency/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-tiep-tong-giam-doc-quy-dieu-tu-warburg-pincus-cua-hoa-ky-post1033643.vnp