Customers at an HDBank branch in HCM City. — VNS Photo

The Housing Development Commercial Joint Stock Bank (HDBank) last Tuesday met with a Japanese business delegation led by the deputy mayor of Sakai city.

The delegation included executives from 12 companies that manufacture machinery and equipment.

At the meeting, the two sides spoke about each other’s strengths and discussed possibilities and opportunities for boosting mutual co-operation towards building a comprehensive and long-term co-operation between HDBank and Sakai city.

Through the event, HDBank expected to be a bridge connecting Japanese firms from Sakai and Vietnamese enterprises.

In recent years economic co-operation and cultural exchanges between Việt Nam and Japan have developed rapidly.

In 2014 HDBank and the Japan-based Hyakugo Bank Ltd established a Japan desk to support Japanese companies in Viet Nam.

In May last year HDBank signed an agreement with Senshu Ikeda and Aichi banks to enhance the delivery of services to Japanese firms.

The Vietnamese lender, together with Hyakugo Bank and Banrai Trading Company, organised a business-matching seminar for the Vietnamese and Japanese food industries. — VNS