SpaceX, Netflix and Boeing are among the companies joining the 'biggest-ever' U.S. business mission to Vietnam next week to discuss investment and sales opportunities in the booming Southeast Asian nation, the organiser said.
Men transport people on three-wheel cyclo past the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam February 20, 2019. REUTERS/KhamHANOI, March 17 - SpaceX, Netflix and Boeing are among the companies joining the "biggest-ever" U.S. business mission to Vietnam next week to discuss investment and sales opportunities in the booming Southeast Asian nation, the organiser said.
More than 50 companies, including defence, pharmaceutical and tech firms, will participate in the mission organised by the US-ASEAN Business Council, an industry body, according to a list seen by Reuters. The delegation is a sign of rising interest in the global manufacturing hub, which is benefiting from aVietnam, with a population of 100 million people, also has a rapidly-growing consumer market as its middle class expands.
"This is the biggest-ever mission in Vietnam," said Vu Tu Thanh, the US-ASEAN Business Council's representative in the country, noting that the body had been organising these events for three decades.
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