Representatives from twenty businesses
from Kansai , Japan paid a three-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City in an
effort to seek business opportunities in the country’s largest city.
In a meeting with Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hoang
Quan on March 10, Takeo Obayashi, head of the delegation and also
Chairman of the Obayashi Corp., said that the Japanese businesses want
to work with the city in the field of human resource training and urban
development planning.
Quan said HCM City is in great need of good human resources as it is
shifting to hi-tech industries, adding that the urban planning and
infrastructure in the city are still weak.
As a result, boosting the development of infrastructure for economic
growth is a top priority, for which the city is calling for investment,
he said.
The municipal authorities are willing to create favourable conditions
for Japanese investors, affirmed Quan while speaking highly of
Japanese-invested projects in HCM City .
Quan also lauded efforts Obayashi has made in the East-West Corridor
project, which includes the building of Thu Thiem tunnel across the
Saigon River. The tunnel is reportedly the first of its kind in Vietnam
and will be the largest in Southeast Asia./.