Deputy PM pledges stable macro-economy, inflation control to attract investors
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has pledged efforts to stablise the macro-economy, control inflation, and pursue investment incentives to facilitate foreign investors, including those from the UK, doing long-term business in Vietnam.
 Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue meets with Prudential's Regulatory and Government Relations Director Julian Adams, March 6, 2018. (Photo: tapchicongsan.org.vn) |
Mr. Hue made the promise at a meeting on Tuesday with Julian Adams, Group Regulatory and Government Relations Director of the UK-based life insurer Prudential. Mr. Hue said it is part of the government’s strategy to sustainably develop Vietnam’s social security and life insurance systems.
 Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue meets with SMBC Head Shosuke in Hanoi, March 6, 2018. (Photo: tapchicongsan.org.vn) |
The same day, at a reception with Shosuke Mori, head of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)’s Asia Pacific Division, Mr. Hue urged SMBC, as a strategic foreign shareholder, to be more active in the restructuring process of Eximbank and Vietnam’s banking system. Mori told the Deputy PM that SMBC will continue to contribute to Vietnam’s banking reforms.