At the reception (Source: VNA) President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 14 for a Japanese business delegation who are in Vietnam to attend the Vietnam-Japan economic forum held the same day.
The President thanked the Japanese government, parliament, political parties and people for their support of Vietnam over the past time, saying that the Vietnamese State and people attach great importance to the ties with Japan.
Japan is Vietnam’s partner of top significance amidst the global integration, he stated, and expressed hope that the country would continue taking the lead in trade, investment and supply of official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam.
The President also took note of the close relations between many Japanese and Vietnamese localities and their cooperation in workforce training and agriculture.
He asked for Japan’s assistance in training human resources in the support industry – a weak field in Vietnam.
Yuri Sato, Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), informed her host of the contents of discussions at the Vietnam – Japan economic forums, including the impacts of Trans-Pacific Partnership deal on business operations.
Sato said more and more Japanese are interested in the Vietnamese market, as demonstrated in the number of more than 12,000 entrepreneurs seeking information via JETRO about doing business in Vietnam.
Mentioning difficulties that Japanese investors encounter in Vietnam, including the low rate of locally-made materials that leads to over-reliance on other foreign supplies, she assured that Japanese companies will help Vietnam improve its competitiveness and workforce quality.-VNA
