In 2010, the Vietnamese government will use the model of Public Private Partnership (PPP) to attract investment in infrastructure projects with the Long Thanh-Dau Giay highway being the key one, added Mr. Phuong.

Malaysia is now the leading ASEAN country and the 3^rd globally to invest in Vietnam as currently it operates 342 projects in the country at a total capitalisation of US$18 billion.

Trade turnover between Vietnam and Malaysia has also increased in the last 5 years, by 20 percent per year on average.

In the first 10 months of this year, bilateral trade turnover reached over US$3.4 billion.

The seminar was organised by the Vietnamese embassy in Malaysia to provide an opportunity for businesses from both countries to meet and discuss trade and investment cooperation.