The State leader said Vietnam considers the successes of Japanese investors as one of Vietnam’s achievements.
He said he hopes the Japanese government will offer the best possible conditions for the two countries to connect and do business through promotional activities around investment, tourism and guest worker programs.
President Quang noted that Vietnam has been improving its investment and business climate towards openness, transparency, and stability to create fair ground for businesses.
He expressed his belief that Keidanren will help Japanese enterprises to invest more in Vietnam and boost the strategic partnership between the two nations.
President of the Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee Kyohei Takahashi, in turn said Vietnam’s participation into free trade agreements such as the Trans Pacific Partnership deal will bring in new opportunities for the bilateral economic cooperation.
Once the TPP officially takes effect, it will enable Vietnam to expand its chains of goods supplies for non-ASEAN members and to become an attractive market for foreign investors including those from Japan.
Meeting with the Japanese guest the same day, Prime Minister Phuc affirmed the Vietnamese Government's readiness to support and facilitate the operation of Japanese enterprises.He noted his hope that the Japanese federation will help create big waves of investments in Vietnam and that the Vietnamese Government wishes for cooperation within the framework of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative to enter the next level.For his part, Kyohei Takahashi and Kuniharu Nakamua, co-Presidents of the Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee told that their nation Japan always places importance on wider cooperation with Vietnam.Kyohei Takahashi said trade between the two countries has quadrupled since the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement took effect in 2009. Japan has poured the largest amount of investments in Vietnam among ASEAN member countries, with over 1,500 businesses operating.Kuniharu Nakamua said Vietnam has a lot of advantages to attract investment, like geological conditions, an abundant and hard-working labour force as well as its engagement in the TPP and RCEP agreements.He suggested the Vietnamese Government should rapidly adopt the TPP to bring new economic, trade and investment opportunities to the two nations.Keidaren is the largest business federation in Japan gathering 1,340 biggest Japanese firms, 109 industrial associations and 47 economic organisations at regional and local levels.The Japanese working group is in Vietnam to attend a meeting of the Joint Committee of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative to launch the sixth phase of the initiative.