Northern Ha Nam province will continue adopting more incentives for FDI enterprises, especially those from Japan, to secure their long-term investment.

Chairman of Ha Nam Provincial People’s Committee Mai Tien Dung made the affirmation during his working session on March 3 with representatives from over 70 FDI enterprises of nine countries and territories based in the locality.

Dung said the province will concentrate on perfecting infrastructure at industrial zones, training qualified workers, and reforming administrative procedures.

Thanks to a number of investment promotion events in Japan over the past years, Ha Nam has attracted Japanese investors into 20 projects.

Daiken Murakami, General Director of Showa Denko Co. Ltd and Chairman of Japanese Business Association in Vietnam , appreciated the incentives the province offered to foreign investors and Japanese ones in particular.

He pledged to intensify cooperation with local authorities in investment promotion in an effort to draw more Japanese businesses to the locality.

On the occasion, the Provincial People’s Committee granted investment licences to two more Japanese businesses.

It also announced a decision on a Charity Fund established by Japanese enterprises for disadvantaged children.-VNA