The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai held a workshop on May 22 to introduce its potential and seek chances for investment cooperation with Japan in agriculture, processing, renewable energy, and tourism.
The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association (VJFA) of Vinh Long province plans to increase activities to further develop bilateral ties and popularise the solidarity and friendship between the two countries, heard the association's second congress on March 31.
There was a significant increase in Japanese investment in Vietnam’s non-manufacturing industries, such as retailing, education, healthcare, energy, finance and insurance, transport and real estate, according to a 2021 survey of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) on 700 Japanese FDI enterprises in Vietnam.
Many Japanese enterprises attending the Japan IT Week Osaka 2022, which concluded on January 21, showed great interest in a face recognition solution named CMC Intelligent Video Analytics and Management System (CIVAMS), and digital transformation solution Cloud MSP researched and developed by CMC Corporation of Vietnam.
The proportion of Japanese enterprises operating in Vietnam forecast to be profitable in business activities last year is 54.3 percent, up 4.7 points compared to 2020.
About 70 percent of Japanese companies investing in Myanmar will either maintain or expand their operations in the Southeast Asian country in a year or two despite the impact of political instability and the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Japan External Trade Organisation report.
Vietnam’s central coastal province of Phu Yen will cooperate with two Japanese businesses in the aquatic sector and sorghum material area development, under memoranda of understanding reached on November 24 within the framework of the official visit to Japan by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a dialogue with Japanese investors on November 24, during which the Vietnamese government leader affirmed that the Vietnam-Japan relationship has never been as good as it is now, and will even grow better in the future.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined a working session with leaders of major Japanese firms in digital transformation on November 24, during his official visit to Japan.
Vietnam’s northern province of Hung Yen will create optimal conditions for investors from Japan, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Quoc Van has said.
Member enterprises of the Sakai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) doing business in Vietnam have made good evaluations about the country and expressed their wish to expand investment there, SCCI Chairman Kazumasa Kuzumura has said.
Recent announcements made by foreign investors on additional investment to expand production in Vietnam reflect their trust in Vietnam’s prospects for economic recovery, reported the Dau tu (Investment Review) newspaper.
The Vietnamese real estate developer Nam Long Group has partnered with Japan's Nishi Nippon Railroad Co. Ltd in the EHome Southgate housing project in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.
Surging coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia, in such countries as Malaysia and Indonesia, have started affecting the supply chains of Japanese companies, with the possibility of regional production disruption becoming more real, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Recruitment demand of Japanese companies in Vietnam is recovering in the second quarter of 2021, but being good at Japanese is no longer a competitive advantage for candidates applying to the company, according to a report released by Navigos Group, a leading recruitment group in Vietnam, on June 22.
Twenty-one Vietnamese enterprises in supporting industries and 48 Japanese businesses took part in an online conference on June 10, where they exchanged information and sought partners.
About 36.1 percent of Japanese enterprises doing business in Malaysia intend to further expand their operations in the next one to two years, mainly in the food, precision medical equipment and transportation, according to an annual survey by the Japan External Trade Organization.
Despite a raft of difficulties plaguing 2020, nearly 47 percent of Japanese businesses investing in Vietnam said they will expand operations in the next one or two years, the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) said on February 8.
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