Singapore and Japan signed three agreements on trade, infrastructure and technology on September 28 on the sidelines of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to Japan.
A study on how to develop the supporting industry in Vietnam suggested cooperation with Japan in the field, heard a seminar held in Hanoi on September 16.
The central city of Da Nang’s Investment Promotion Centre has inked an IT investment agreement between the Self Wing Vietnam Company and the Saitama Business New Forum from Japan.
Thirty Japanese firms involved in seafood and food industries will gather at two business matching conferences, in the capital on August 30 and in HCM City on September 1.
Vietnamese businesses should consider investing in agriculture and information technology in Japan, Chief Representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation in Hanoi Atsusuke Kawada suggested.
Deputy Managing Director of the JETRO Office in Ho Chi Minh City Fukagawa Atsuko held a working session with authorities of Tay Ninh province on July 18 to explore local investment environment.
The authorities of Vinh Phuc province in the northern key economic region assured Japanese businesses of maximum support for them at a meeting on July 6.
Vietnamese businesses have invested 7 million USD into approximately 40 projects in Japan, as heard at a conference held on July 5 to further promote the investment.
A workshop, themed "Opportunities for investing in support industry in Vietnam” was organised in Osaka City, Japan on June 23.
An agreement to hold international fairs and business connectivity programmes for Vietnam’s support industry was signed in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15.
A recent survey conducted by Mizuho Research Institute of 1,100 companies in Japan shows growing interest in Vietnam as an investment priority among ASEAN countries.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung attended the 22 nd Asia Future Conference in Tokyo, Japan on May 30.
Vietnam and Da Nang in particular could emerge as huge potential markets for Japanese businesses.
The Ho Chi Minh City exhibition centre on support industry began operation in the southern economic hub on May 6.
Vietnam’s agricultural business climate, priorities to develop agriculture as well as incentives for agricultural investments were introduced at a conference held in Osaka, Japan on April 27.
The localisation rate in Vietnam - the percentage of a product locally made - is too low as the number of Vietnamese part supplying businesses accounted for only three percent of the country’s total.
A programme to connect enterprises operating in the supporting industry from Japan, Vietnam and ASEAN countries took place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 16-17.
Chairman and CEO of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Ishige Hiroyuki has stressed that investment and trade ties between Vietnam and Japan will be stronger in the coming years.
