Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen ThanhPhong made the promise while receiving Osamu Ikezoe, General Director and ChiefOperating Officer of Uniqlo Vietnam.
Lauding the company’s decision to choose the city as thedestination for its first store in Vietnam, Phong said Uniqlo’s presence offersmore garment options for local consumers.
He unveiled that the city plans to build itself into ashopping centre of Southeast Asia in the coming years.
Having stressed that Uniqlo’s new investment plans will be apositive highlight in Vietnam-Japan ties, the official asked the company toconsider cooperating with Vietnamese material producers.
For his part, Ikezoe thanked the local authorities forsupporting Uniqlo’s operations and expansion and vowed to make efforts insupplying the Vietnamese market, particularly HCM City, with the best garment products./.
VNA