SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1994
HK GOVERNMENT DELEGATION TO VISIT VIETNAM
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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T H CHAU, IS TO HEAD A THE FIRST ALL-GOVERNMENT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELEGATION TO VIETNAM MISSION OF ITS KIND TO VIETNAM,
THE DELEGATION WILL LEAVE TOMORROW (SUNDAY), AND RETURN IN EVENING OF NOVEMBER 25 (FRIDAY).
HONG KONG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH VIETNAM HAS LONG BEEN BY THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANT ISSUE. BUT VIETNAM'S ECONOMIC RECENT YEARS HAVE ADDED A NEW DIMENSION TO THE RELATIONSHIP.
PROMOTE AND
THE
DOMINATED
REFORMS IN
FACILITATE
THEREBY
THE
TO
TO FURTHER DEVELOP CONTACTS AND VIETNAM; AND
THE AIMS OF THE VISIT WILL BE TO EXPANSION OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC LINKS; BETWEEN SENIOR OFFICIALS OF HONG KONG ENCOURAGE A BROADER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND VIETNAM.
ΤΟ EXCHANGE MR CHAU SAID THE EMPHASIS OF THE VISIT WOULD BE
AND INVESTMENT, ECONOMIC VIEWS AND INFORMATION ON BILATERAL TRADE
INCLUDING THE PORT AND POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AIRPORT, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.
HE STRESSED THAT THE KONG WOULD NOT BE A FOCUS OF
QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS THE VISIT.
IN
HONG
HONG
IS
TO ENHANCE AN PRIMARILY DESIGNED "THIS MISSION IS UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS WHICH CLOSER ECONOMIC LINKS WITH KONG CAN BRING TO VIETNAMESE DEVELOPMENT - TO SHOW THAT HONG KONG IDEALLY PLACED TO PLAY A GATEWAY ROLE FOR VIETNAM.
VIETNAM BY
IT WILL ALSO PAVE THE WAY FOR A PROPOSED VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, MR CHAU ADDED.
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SOURCE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THAT HONG KONG IS THE BIGGEST
AND A TOTAL OF INVESTMENT IN VIETNAM WITH MORE THAN 200 PROJECTS APPROVED INVESTMENT OF US$1.75 BILLION. HONG KONG IS CLOSELY FOLLOWED INVESTMENT IN ABOUT 150 BY TAIWAN
US$1.71 BILLION APPROVED WITH PROJECTS.
WAS KONG
VIETNAM'S THIRD
MR CHAU SAID THAT IN 1993, HONG LARGEST TRADING PARTNER AFTER SINGAPORE AND JAPAN, TOTAL TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES WAS WORTH HK$5.02 BILLION.
WHERE MEMBERS DUC LUONG: AND THE
THE DELEGATION WILL SPEND THREE DAYS IN HANOI
MR TRAN WILL MEET THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF TRADE, MR LE VAN TRIET.
THE STATE PLANNING COUNCIL AND
THERE WILL BE MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE
TO
OF
A WORKSHOP HAS ALSO BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE HONG KONG
BUSINESS LEADERS AND BRIEF VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS
SUBJECTS, INCLUDING
A ON
HONG
KONG'S
TRADE
AND
DELEGATION RANGE ECONOMIC
POLICY, INVESTMENT, FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
/IN HO