VNA reported that on the afternoon of July 2, at the Government Headquarters, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mr. Ali Ijaz Ahmad, Chairman and General Director and leaders of Makara Capital Partners Group (Singapore) who are researching and promoting investment in Vietnam.
Mr. Ali Ijaz Ahmad and his leadership associates at Makara Capital Partners said that Makara Capital is a large Singaporean corporation in fund management, assets, investment, consulting services and providing financial restructuring solutions.
Makara Capital Partners has researched the Vietnamese market very carefully and is confident in Vietnam's strategic orientations, visions and development aspirations.
Therefore, Makara Capital Partners is actively promoting investment in the Pharmaceutical - Biological Industrial Park project in Hung Yen; at the same time, actively working with relevant agencies and localities on the Vietnamese side to cooperate in investment and provide capital for projects in the fields of energy and infrastructure; participate in restructuring Vietnamese banks, especially participate in building an international financial center in Vietnam... with the ability to call for and mobilize a total of 5 - 7 billion USD.
Appreciating the successful investment and business activities of Makara Capital Partners in recent times; welcoming the Group's interest, search, and promotion of investment and business cooperation in Vietnam in the coming time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the sectors that the Group is interested in such as pharmaceutical - biological industry and International Financial Centers are all priorities of Vietnam for rapid, green and sustainable development.
Informing about the situation and orientation of development, foreign guidelines, and defense policies of Vietnam, the Prime Minister said that, along with implementing 3 strategic breakthroughs in institutions, infrastructure and human resource training, Vietnam is carrying out a "revolution" in organizing the apparatus, organizing 2-level local governments and "four pillars", promoting rapid and sustainable development, striving to achieve a growth rate of 8% or more this year and 2 digits in the following years to achieve the set goals, in which by 2045 Vietnam will become a developed country with high income.
Proposing Makara Capital Partners to soon decide to invest and expand investment in Vietnam, especially in areas that Vietnam is prioritizing development in order to "work together, enjoy together, win together, share joy and happiness together", the Prime Minister affirmed that, with the viewpoint of "harmonious benefits, shared risks", the Vietnamese Government is committed to accompanying and creating favorable conditions for the Group to invest and do business effectively and successfully in Vietnam, ensuring the legitimate and legal rights and interests of investors on the three basic principles of legalization, marketization, and internationalization.
