A delegation of leaders of Japanese businesses representing the country’s chemical, energy, transport and infrastructure construction industries is currently visiting Vietnam to identify opportunities for cultural-economic exchange and investment.
The delegation, led by Masahiro Iwashita, President of the Japan-Vietnam Economic Cooperation Committee of the International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC) of Japan, was received by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung on March 13.
The Vietnamese Deputy PM welcomed their visit and expressed his pleasure at the recent positive development of the two countries’ relations across all levels and fields.
Hung said that the global economic crisis has had a negative impact on both countries but has also created new business opportunities.
He said he believed that the visit would contribute to strengthening the friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and pledged that the Vietnamese Government would create favourable conditions for FEC members who invest in Vietnam.
FEC, a Japanese non-profit organisation, was established in 1985 and has more than 1,500 members who are former diplomatic officials, economists, businessmen and intellectuals.
FEC’s operations are based on the criteria of peace, prosperity, globalisation, person-to-person diplomacy, and improving relations with other Asian countries.