HÀ NỘI — About 65.3 per cent of Japanese companies in Việt Nam gained operating profits in 2018, 0.2 percentage points more than in the previous year. Hironobu Kitagawa, chief representative of Japan Trade Promotion Organisation (JETRO)’s branch in Hà Nội, relayed the information at a meeting with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đỗ Thắng Hải in Hà Nội on Wednesday. In 2019, besides continuing investment in Hà Nội and HCM City, Japanese businesses will expand their investments into other localities. Kitagawa said 70 per cent of Japanese enterprises in Việt Nam have expansion schemes, higher than the rate in other countries. These business results are an important marker for the relationship between Việt Nam and Japan, which has been developing well, Hải said.

Source: Viet Nam News February 22, 2019 00:56 UTC