JETRO holds a meeting for Japanese and Vietnamese enterprises to seek business chances in the agriculture sector (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — The JapanExternal Trade Organization (JETRO) opened the Japan-VietnamAgricultural Business Meeting 2019 in Hanoi on December 4.
The meeting drew 23 Japanese enterprises tradingagricultural materials and equipment to seek opportunities in agriculturein Vietnam. According to JETRO, 150 Vietnamese enterprises alsoregistered for the event.
Tomofumi Abe, JETRO’s project director, told the English languagedaily Viet Nam News of the VietnamNews Agency that the Japanese businesses hope to sellagricultural equipment and materials while Vietnamese businesses want to buyJapanese equipment and technology for agricultural production and processing ofagricultural products.
For many years, Japanese enterprises have paidattention to manufacturing because this is a very important industry Vietnamneeds support for, Abe said. But now, they have shifted focuson agricultural production, consumer goods and food industries of Vietnam.
Aiming to develop agriculture, the VietnameseGovernment has paid attention to using high-quality Japanese technology,machinery and materials in agriculture to improve productivity and the addedvalue of agricultural products.
Private enterprises in Vietnamare also planning to expand their business in agriculture.
“Therefore, many Japanese enterprises specialising insupply of equipment in agriculture production participated in this meeting,”Abe said. “They want to provide equipment and transfer preservation and processingtechnology in agriculture to Vietnamese enterprises to improve the quality ofagricultural products.”
The meeting will help the two countries’ businessesestablish long-term and reliable partnerships, Abe said./.
