More welfare policies are needed to attract workers to the southern province of Binh Duong and persuade them to stay, a meeting between province authorities and Japanese business executives working locally heard on Tuesday.
Viet Nam always considers the Japanese business community a leading strategic partner in the process of restructuring its economy, said State President Tran Dai Quang at the Viet Nam Investment Promotion Conference in Tokyo.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) hosted a Vietnam - Japan Economic Dialogue yesterday, with the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and a Japanese business delegate in attendance.
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 Japanese Business Association of HCM City (JBAH) has donated more than VND334 million (US$16,000) for building two inter-commune concrete bridges in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.
Viet Nam is likely to become a global manufacturing and processing hub
and a destination for multinationals in the next 20 years, an
international conference heard on October 24.
Japanese businesses in Da Nang have urged the central city to dismantle
barriers and make the investment environment at the Industrial Parks
(IP) and Industrial Zones (IZs) even more conducive to attract Japanese
investors.
Many Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) find Viet Nam a
prime destination for business in Southeast Asia due to the country''s
stable political environment and vast economic potential.
Vietnamese and Japanese business owners met in the Japanese cities of
Osaka and Kobe on October 14-15 to explore the possibility of
co-operation, particularly in the processing, manufacturing and support
industries.