Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the Mekong-Japan Business Forum held in Tokyo on October 9 (Photo: VNA)

In his address, Prime Minister Phuc highlighted investment potential in the Mekong region and Vietnam in particular. He briefed the investors on Vietnam’s stable political and macro-economy, high economic growth rate, strategic locations, and signed and to be signed free trade agreements including the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: “Vietnam and Japan have signed a bilateral FTA and a multilateral FTA within ASEAN. We have signed CPTPP and are moving toward the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Vietnam and Japan have participated extensively in the global value chain. With its advantages and potential, Vietnam offers great opportunities for multilateral groups to reform and create a difference in their supply chain.”

The same day, the Prime Minister had meetings with representatives from leading infrastructure and financial enterprises of Japan on the sidelines of the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo. 

PM Phuc suggested Japanese firms give priority to both investing in real estate and developing infrastructure, especially building social houses for workers and poor people, and modern and smart urban areas.