US business delegation to visit Vietnam

Representatives of about 20 leading businesses in the US will visit Vietnam from May 13-15 under an arrangement by the US-ASEAN Business Council.

According to the Office of the US-ASEAN Business Council in Hanoi, the delegation will include representatives from GE, Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhilipps, Abbott, AES, AIG, Ford, Time Warner, UPS, Guardian Industries, Monsanto, IBM and APCO Worldwide.

The visit aims to learn about Vietnam’s priorities in drafting a socio-economic development strategy for 2011-2020 and the needs of concrete sectors such as investment, trade, transport infrastructure, finance, energy, agriculture and healthcare.

The delegation will discuss possible contributions by US groups to addressing these sectors’ priority issues through technical assistance for plan making, establishment of strategic public-private partnership, technology transfer and personnel training.

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