Apple, Boeing, and Google encouraged to invest more in Vietnam

He hailed the successful operation of Apple in Vietnam at the meeting with Nick Ammann, Director of Apple Global Government Operations. Apple's export value in Vietnam reached around $30 billion in 2022.

He suggested that Apple keep putting more money into Vietnam, increase the amount of local content in its products, and help U.S. companies and Apple's partners invest in the Southeast Asian country. He also thought that Apple would make Vietnam an important part of its line of production and supply.

During a reception for Brendan Nelson AO, the senior vice president of Boeing Company and president of Boeing Global, Pham urged Boeing to expand its manufacturing and supply chain in Vietnam and soon build its maintenance facility there.

The Prime Minister also used the event to ask Boeing to help Vietnamese partners with training their employees and sharing technology so that they can play a bigger role in Boeing's supply chain.

Pham called upon Google to support Vietnam's national innovation center and provide digital transformation training for Vietnamese firms while receiving Karan Bhatia, the Vice President, of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google.

He also voiced his support for Google to expand operations in Vietnam.

On the same day, Prime Minister Pham witnessed the exchange of investment agreements between firms of the two countries in industrial park development, green growth, production and distribution of pharmaceuticals, and human resources training in semiconductors.

Source: VGP