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Vietnam is also a signatory to many free trade and economic partnership agreements, and is gradually joining global supply chains. Most of the world’s financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, have said that Vietnam may be the only Southeast Asian nation to post growth this year, he added. … [Read more...] about FDI into Vietnam will recover after COVID-19: JETRO Chief

Looking at the number of member companies of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in ASEAN regions, the number of member companies of the Japanese Business Associations in Viet Nam (in all three bases in Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang) has exceeded that of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, Thailand, which had been the largest. I think that Japanese companies' interest in Viet Nam has risen further during the Abe administration. … [Read more...] about New Japanese gov’t likely to continue Abe’s policy for Viet Nam: JETRO economist

Hundreds of businesses from the two countries attended the conference, which was co-held by the ASEAN-Japan Centre, JETRO, the Trade Promotion Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan and the three northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Quang Ninh, and Nghe An. … [Read more...] about JETRO: FDI in Vietnam to recover after Covid-19

In order to attract foreign companies including Japanese companies, it is important for Việt Nam to continue to improve the investment environment and develop human resources. In addition, in order to improve the industrial structure of Việt Nam, it seems necessary to work on attracting foreign companies that include technology- and knowledge-intensive industries in and around urban areas such as Hà Nội, HCM City and Hải Phòng, and labour-intensive industries in rural areas. … [Read more...] about New Japanese gov’t likely to continue Abe’s policy for Việt Nam: JETRO economist

On September 9, the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan, and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) held an online trade conference to connect investment between Vietnam and Japan with the participation of hundreds of enterprises from the two countries. At this event, Director General of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency Vu Ba Phu affirmed that Japan is always one of the major investors in Vietnam in both terms of the number of projects and the total investment capital. According to Mr. Vu Ba Phu, the wave of Japanese investment in Vietnam has constantly increased in both the number of enterprises and investment capital. Specifically, in 2018, Japan led the list of countries investing in Vietnam with US$8.59 billion, accounting for 24.2 percent of the total investment capital among 112 countries and territories with investment projects in Vietnam.  By the end of 2019, more than 2,000 Japanese … [Read more...] about Japanese investors expand investment in Vietnam