Topic: japan

Proposal made at meeting between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and JICA President Tanaka Akihiko in Tokyo on December 18.

$290 million loan the fourth from the Japanese Government to fund the metro project.

Social insurance premiums from 2,100 Japanense firms account for over 13 per cent of the total from FDI businesses.

A recent JETRO survey found that some 60% of Japanese companies in Vietnam will expand their business over the next two years.

Japan remains the leading destination for Vietnamese labor exports.

Japanese corporation currently imports 500,000 tons of wood pellets from Vietnam.

Da Nang has welcomed 27,000 Japanese tourists since the reopening of international tourism.

Savills HCMC has said that brands from Japan and South Korea occupy nearly half of all retail space in Ho Chi Minh City. CBRE, meanwhile, has said that foreign players continued to expand in the third quarter of the year, with the appearance of many international brands in the fashion, sports, and F&B sectors.

Mr. Shimizu Akira, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam, has said that in addition to infrastructure, JICA’s priorities in cooperation with Vietnam are human resources development, healthcare, and carbon neutrality. ODA is expected to continue to play an important role in the development of infrastructure, he said, which is a driving force of Vietnam’s growth.

Vietnam Social Insurance held a conference on October 11 with Japanese FDI enterprises on the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies. Data from the conference shows that there are currently more than 2,100 Japanese FDI enterprises in Vietnam with nearly 525,000 employees participating in social insurance. Social insurance revenue in this business sector accounts for 12.9 per cent of the total revenue of FDI enterprises in Vietnam.