General Secretary To Lam receives Director of APMoller

Photo caption — General Secretary To Lam received Mr. Vincent Clerc, Global CEO of the Danish AP Moller-Maersk Group. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

General Secretary To Lam was delighted with the positive development of the Vietnam-Denmark Comprehensive Partnership (established in 2013) and the Green Strategic Partnership between the two countries (established in November 2023), which are the driving force to promote the strong development of bilateral relations in all fields towards green and sustainable development.

General Secretary To Lam stated that Vietnam focuses on developing infrastructure, including seaports, with a green orientation to serve the goal of sustainable development.

Recognizing the Group's vision of building green ports and transportation and welcoming the Group's investment expansion plan in Vietnam in developing a green, smart seaport system, logistics services, etc., General Secretary To Lam encouraged the Group to invest in areas such as maritime economy , etc., while affirming that Vietnam is always ready to facilitate foreign investors to develop logistics projects, connecting regions, large cities, industrial parks in the country and with the world; emphasizing that Vietnam is among the 20 economies with the largest international trade scale in the world and is promoting the development of synchronous, widespread and smooth transport infrastructure to increase the competitiveness of the Vietnamese economy.

For his part, CEO of AP Moller - Maersk Group, Mr. Vincent Clerc expressed his honor and sincere thanks to General Secretary To Lam for taking the time to receive the delegation; and expressed his impression of Vietnam's economic development achievements in the context of the world facing many difficulties and challenges.

Sharing about the Group's vision, strategy and investment and business plans in the world, Mr. Vincent Clerc emphasized that Vietnam continues to be an important partner of the Group; stating that the Group's ships first docked at Vietnamese ports more than a century ago.

Mr. Vincent Clerc reported on the activities and achievements of cooperation with partners in Vietnam, as well as Maersk's strategic transformation in Vietnam with the vision of connecting with production and logistics centers around the world, contributing to helping Vietnam participate more deeply in global supply chains.

He expressed the Group's desire to explore investment opportunities to build large, modern and green container ports as well as strategic logistics projects in Vietnam, thereby supporting Vietnam to increase import-export turnover and sustainable economic growth, transition to a low-carbon economy, adapt to climate change and soon achieve the goal of net zero emissions; said that the Group sees many potentials and great opportunities in Vietnam and wishes to contribute more to the development of Vietnam.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-tiep-giam-doc-tap-doan-apmoller-maersk-20251118193926557.htm