Not only Thien Long, Japanese capital is pouring into many industries.

(Dan Tri) - In addition to the Thien Long deal, Japanese giants are pouring billions of dollars into logistics, real estate and finance, creating a vibrant investment wave in the Vietnamese market.

Japanese capital accelerates into many industries

Recently, Kokuyo Group (Japan) announced that it will purchase shares of Thien Long Group through a share purchase and public offering to increase ownership to over 65%. The estimated value of the transaction is 27.6 billion yen (4,700 billion VND), equivalent to about 82,000 VND/share.

Regarding this deal, Thien Long Group affirmed that the above developments do not directly affect the company's daily production and business activities during this period.

The company also expects the participation of a prestigious partner from Japan to help expand the space for cooperation in the fields of research, design, and product enhancement at home and abroad, in line with the strategic orientation of globalization.

Not only the investment in Thien Long, many billion-dollar deals from Japanese capital have been made in the Vietnamese financial market, in many industries such as banking and finance, food and beverage (F&B), energy, retail and consumption.

Japanese businessmen visit Toan Phat's cold storage system (Photo: Huong Giang)

In September, the strategic alliance between Toan Phat Irradiation Company (TPI) and two leading Japanese corporations - Kawanishi Warehouse and MOL Logistics - officially launched the Mekong Logistics Hub project in Tay Ninh . The project aims to become an ASEAN-scale cold goods transit center, removing infrastructure "bottlenecks" for Vietnamese agricultural products.

The project's fulcrum is the strong potential of two Japanese partners. Kawanishi Warehouse, a century-old logistics company with experience in cold storage business since 1931, brings standard operational expertise and a network of offices in major trade gateways such as San Francisco, Singapore, and Hong Kong (China).

Meanwhile, MOL Logistics, a member of the shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines, owns 138 offices in 26 countries. MOL will ensure cargo connectivity with the global transportation network, taking advantage of strategic seaports such as TCIT and HICT to prioritize vessel schedules and loading and unloading.

The combination of TPI's irradiation technology and the Japanese global logistics chain creates a closed process of "irradiation - cold storage - transportation". This model helps Vietnamese agricultural products reduce costs, avoid container shortages and meet the strict standards of markets such as the US and Australia.

Japanese imprint in real estate projects

In the real estate sector, many valuable cooperation deals have been maintained for many years. Since 2015, Nam Long has joined hands with two famous corporations from Japan, Hankyu Hanshin Properties and Nishi-Nippon Railroad, to develop integrated urban areas. Dozens of projects have been completed by this joint venture and it is continuing to cooperate in many other urban areas in Dong Nai and Long An (now Tay Ninh).

Japanese capital flows into Vietnam (Illustration: Tien Tuan).

Another case is that four Japanese corporations including Sumitomo Forestry, Kumagai Gumi, NTT Urban Development and AEON, along with Kim Oanh Group, participated in developing a project worth more than 1 billion USD in Ho Chi Minh City, with a scale of nearly 50 hectares.

Or TTCapital Company (Vietnam) and 2 partners Cosmos Initia (member of Daiwa House Group) and Koterasu Group launched a strategic joint venture 2 years ago, committing to long-term cooperation in developing affordable real estate projects in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces.

The joint venture is expected to invest about 150 million USD in the next 5 years, aiming to bring to the market about 1,000 affordable apartments each year. In fact, this joint venture is implementing its first project in Di An City, Binh Duong (now part of Ho Chi Minh City).

Another real estate company, An Gia, has also attracted many strategic partners from Japan, including Creed Group, Hoosiers, and Koterasu.

Vietnam is increasingly attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). The General Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance) said that as of November 30, the total registered foreign investment capital in Vietnam (including newly granted capital, adjusted capital and capital contribution to buy shares) reached 33.69 billion USD, an increase of more than 7% over the same period last year. Among 88 countries and territories with newly granted projects, Japan ranked 3rd in terms of capital contribution value, only after Singapore and China.

Experts say that the stable political environment and network of free trade agreements create great favorable conditions for bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Japan.

Previously, in the financial industry, Mizuho bought 15% of Vietcombank's shares for 567 million USD (equivalent to 11,800 billion VND) in 2011. A few years later, this Japanese partner continued to spend more money to buy shares to maintain the above ownership ratio.

Japanese giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) also bought 49% of FE Credit Consumer Finance Company's shares, worth 1.4 billion USD (about 30,000 billion VND) in 2021. Two years later, SMBC continued to invest in VPBank, worth 1.5 billion USD (more than 35,900 billion VND).

In the consumer sector, in 2011, Unicharm bought 95% of Diana Vietnam's shares for 184 million USD. Or retail giant Aeon bought 49% of Citimart's shares and 30% of Fivimart's shares in 2015.

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