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Mexico boasts trade, tourism opportunities
The Mexican government always strives to attract Vietnamese enterprises, said Salomon Sacal, ProMexico’s regional director for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, at a Mexican tourism and trade seminar held in Ha Noi yesterday.
Sacal said Mexico offered lucrative opportunities for Vietnamese firms to invest in the auto industry, which used the latest technologies.
The telecommunications, financial services and software sectors are also looking for Vietnamese investors, he said.
Sacal added that Mexico also had a vibrant construction industry that was ripe for investment. He said some construction firms were building as many as 30,000 high-quality houses per year.
The seminar, which was entitled Trade and Tourism Mexico–Viet Nam 2009. also explored Mexico’s tourism potential.
Hoang Thi Diep, deputy general director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, said Mexico had a thriving tourism industry, which she said Vietnamese firms should tap into.
Although the two countries have signed a co-operation agreement on tourism, few Vietnamese visit the country, and even fewer Mexicans visit Viet Nam, Diep said.
Diep said she hoped the seminar would boost visitor numbers to the two countries.
She also said the best conditions would be created for Vietnamese and Mexican companies to operate in the other country.
Last year, bilateral trade between the two countries reached US$550 million. Textiles and footwear were major exports, as were exports of seafood, beverages, plastics and pharmaceuticals.
There are currently no Mexican firms investing in Viet Nam, although some in the garment, construction and food processing sectors have expressed an interest in doing so,
Last year, Mexico’s GDP was $893 billion.
The country’s key industries are software, telecommunications and services.
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