Attending and presiding the dialogue, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem – Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC); Mr. Tran Thanh Liem - Vice Chairman of the PPC; Mrs. Mary Tarnowka - Consul General of The United States in Ho Chi Minh City; Mrs. Leow Siu Lin – Consul General of Republic of Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City.
Leaders of departments, agencies and unions in the province, along with some officials of the Consulate General and trade offices in Ho Chi Minh City also attended at the dialogue.
At the dialogue, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Truc, Director of Department of Planning and Investment has briefly introduced the provincial socio-economic development status in the past time. In the first 9 months of 2017, Binh Duong has attracted 148 new projects and 87 adjusted projects with foreign direct investment capital of 1 billion 966 million US dollars. Accumulate, Binh Duong province has 2.997 FDI projects with total investment capital of 27 billion 735 million US dollars from 61 countries and territories in the world.
Relevant departments and agencies of the province have received and commented to answer, explain into the focus issues and solved most of opinions, recommendations and problems of businesses.
Speaking at the dialogue, Mrs. Mary Tarnowka - Consul General of The United States in Ho Chi Minh City highly evaluated the modeling leadership of Binh Duong Authorities; as Binh Duong understands the importance of promoting an open, fair, predictable, and transparent regulatory environment that enables innovation and creates a level playing field, which is a key element to attracting foreign investment. The Consul General of The United States in Ho Chi Minh City shared, American companies pay attention to provincial competiveness. Binh Duong can continue to attract U.S. investment by maintaining a high ranking in the Provincial Competitiveness Index. Improving infrastructure, encouraging innovation, engaging with the business and media communities, and protecting physical and intellectual property rights are all means for Binh Duong to encourage more American investments. She said, The United States remains committed to free and fair trade in the Asia-Pacific, and the U.S. Consulate stands ready to improve our trade and investment relationship with Vietnam, and with Binh Duong province.
Business exchanges on the issue of paying Unemployment Insurance for foreign workers
Leader of Binh Duong provincial Social Insurance answers business's questions
To conclude the dialogue, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem – Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC said, in the coming time, the province will continue focus on promoting administrative reform, improving investment environment, enhancing competitiveness and boosting the support to ensure openness, transparency and simplicity; creating the most favorable conditions for investors to operate in Binh Duong province.
Mr. Tran Thanh Liem - Chairman of the provincial People's Committee concludes the dialogue