Vietnam businessmen keen on investing here

The Sri Lanka-Vietnam Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce held a number of one-to-one business matchmaking sessions between Vietnam and Sri Lanka at the recently concluded Sri Lanka-Vietnam Business Forum.

This event coincided the visit of Truong Tan Sang, the President of Vietnam and a high powered business delegation from Vietnam that included a number of senior ministers such as Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Minister of Defence, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vice Minister of Public Security, Vice Foreign Minister, Minister of Finance, Vice Minister of Science and Technology and also the Vice President of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Ton Sinh Thanh, Vietnam Ambassador to Sri Lanka was also present at the event.

The delegates met a number of Sri Lankan business people and they expressed their interest in setting up joint ventures for deep sea fishing, agriculture, processing of fish especially inland fishing, construction of hotels, apartments/housing projects, establishment of a Vietnamese restaurant in Colombo, manufacturing of agriculture equipment and telecommunication services.

They were also interested in tourism projects, such as, eco-tourism, spiritual tourism, inbound and outbound travel, airline, banking and shipping services. The delegates also wish to expand trade activities for products such as cement, fertiliser, canned fish, construction material, high breed rice, plastic products and electronics.

The Business Forum was conducted in association with the Embassy of Vietnam in Colombo, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of External Affairs.