US multinationals hope to boost cooperation with Vietnam
(VOVworld) - US multinational companies – Boeing, Microsoft and Carix – told Vietnam Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong, who is on a Washington State visit mid this week, they hope to expand cooperative ties with Vietnam. While visiting an aircraft manufacturing plant in Everett, Washington, a Boeing spokesperson announced the handover of its first Boeing 787 for Vietnam Airlines will take place in 2015 to mark the 20
th anniversary of the normalization of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties. The spokesperson said he hopes the event signals the establishment of the first direct Vietnam Airlines’ route between the US and Vietnam.
At Microsoft headquarters, leaders talked optimistically about their future development plans in Vietnam. They told Ambassador Cuong they were paying close attention to the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations and Vietnam will be one of the company’s key destinations in the future. Microsoft leaders pledged for continued support for Vietnam in high-tech human resources training.