US diplomat praises Viet Nam’s growing economy

20/09/2007 -- 4:48 PM

Da Nang (VNA) – US Consul General Kenneth Fairfax to Ho Chi Minh City affirmed on September 19 that Viet Nam is a rapidly growing economy. The diplomat told a meeting in Da Nang city that Viet Nam is one among the fastest growing Asian markets for US goods and the US is currently the six largest supplier of commodities for Viet Nam. The US Department of Commerce is holding a meeting of its officials based in ASEAN member-countries in Viet Nam’s central coastal city to discuss priority trade policies and US-ASEAN trade and investment. The four-day meeting, which opened on September 19, is being attended by senior US Department of Commerce officials, including its deputy assistant secretary - Dan Harris, and Juliet Bender, the commerce director of the Office of the Pacific Basin. Invitees included senior and mid-level economic and commercial officers from other US agencies and US Chamber of Commerce offices in the region. Officials have come to the meeting from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan besides the US and Viet Nam.-Enditem
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