Nguyen Khanh Tung, Director of the city’s Centre for Investment, Trade Promotion and Exhibition, said that work will start on an ICT Innovation centre developed by Brainworks Company. The city will hold a trade and investment promotion conference in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture, a meeting with Japanese investors in Hanoi and a dialogue with Japanese firms. Tung said that in April 2018, Can Tho will kick off a model farm project in the city as a joint effort of Can Tho College for Economy and Technology and Japan’s VAIO Company with the aim of training high quality agriculture experts for Can Tho. A Vietnam-Japan industrial park will also be constructed, he added. Truong Quang Hoai Nam, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Can Tho, said many Japanese investors are interested in Vietnam but the number coming to the city remained modes. Therefore, Can Tho needs to make a breakthrough in attracting Japanese investments, he stressed. According to the Can Tho Centre for Investment, Trade Promotion and Exhibition, by the end of 2017, the city accommodated 77 Japanese-invested projects worth US$656 million. Its export and service revenue in the year hit US$1.77 billion, exceeding the city’s plan by 5.9% and representing a growth of 13.9% year on year.
A workshop was held in the northern province of Bac Ninh on March 21 to attract Japanese investment in tourism. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tien Nhuong described the locality as one of the most dynamic economies in the country, with unique culture and traditional craft villages. The province attracted more than 800 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$11.8 billion, he said, adding that Japan ranks second among countries and territories with total investment of US$1.4 billion. He noted that Bac Ninh boasts rich tourism resources such as “Quan ho” (love duet singing), an Intangible Cultural…... [read more]
During a reception on July 28 for a group from the Japanese SeibuNousan Company who are visiting Vietnam to seek investment opportunitiesin the province, Dung said the locality has focused on improvinginfrastructure facilities such as roads and electricity and irrigationsystems to facilitate Japanese investment. Asmany as 56 hectares have been zoned off to grow the high-yield and highquality Japonica rice variety in the province, Dung said, adding thatthe traditional farming techniques have resulted in low productivity.He urged the company to introduce advancedtechnologies in the production process to enhance the productivity andquality of the rice. Director of Seibu NousanVietnam Akira Ichikawa…... [read more]
The projects include making agricultural equipment, as well as developing high-tech agricultural areas and fishery centres.The city made the request during a working session between municipal leaders and representatives from Tokyo University, as well as two Japanese securities and financial groups last week.The projects include the construction of a factory for manufacturing and assembling agricultural equipment, valued at US$30 million, and the development of two agricultural areas applying high technology worth $33.9 million.Can Tho also called for investment in another high-tech farming area in Co Do district, with a total capital of $10 million for planting and diversifying types of…... [read more]
Japan is now among top investors in Vietnam, said Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) and official development assistance (ODA) are mainly channelled into manufacturing, processing, real estate, urban infrastructure and transport projects. Leading investor in Vietnam Mr Kumio Umeda, newly-appointed Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam, said, this is seen as a golden milestone in Vietnam - Japan economic and commercial relations. Economically, in 10 years, the trade revenue between the two strategic partners trebled from US$9,933 million in 2006 to US$28,506 million in 2015. Since 2012, each year, Vietnam…... [read more]
The 12 key projects Can Tho is seeking investment in cover a number offields, from technology, tourism and logistics to industrial parks andreal estate. Nakagaki Yoshihiko, FEC Vice Presidentand Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Cultural and Economic ExchangeCommittee, said the delegation’s visit aimed to explore investmentopportunities in the fields of energy, industrial food production,logistics, housing and industrial park infrastructure. He also expressed his hope for Can Tho to provide the best conditionspossible and assist Japanese businesses in fulfilling administrativeprocedures during project implementation. At theevent, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hung Dungcommitted to implementing concrete preferential policy measures forJapanese firms,…... [read more]
