Canada eyes greater maritime links

A Canadian official met with local officials in Ha Noi and HCM City this week to promote trade relations and encourage the use of the port and transportation infrastructure on Canada’s western coast.

Stockwell Day, president of Canada’s Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and his delegation visited ports along the Sai Gon River, following a two-day trip to Ha Noi.

Day met with the ministers of Home Affairs and Planning and Investment in Ha Noi to discuss further cooperation and investment opportunities.

He said the Canadian government was interested in pursuing Public-Private-Partnerships with Vietnamese companies, adding that logistics was another area Canadian businesses were interested in pursuing in Viet Nam.

Posted by VBN on Nov 12 2010. Filed under Transportation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry