(VOVworld) – State President Truong Tan Sang received a Japanese business delegation from the Kyoei Steel Company led by its President Akihiko Takashima, who is also Deputy President of the Japanese-Vietnamese Friendship Association of Kansai region, on Friday in Hanoi.

President Sang praised the two countries’close cooperation, citing Japanese businesses’ huge investment in Vietnam, with a total capital of 6 billion USD. Sang said that Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Japan. Sang thanked President Akihiko Takashima for supporting Vietnamese representative agencies and students in Kansai region, expressing his hope that Takashima would encourage more Japanese businesses to visit and explore the markets in Vietnam, especially those of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces with their huge potentials for ocean tuna.