Vietnam is the largest AEON investment country in the world.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Mr. Akio Yoshida, Executive Chairman of AEON Group - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

At the meeting with Mr. Akio Yoshida, Executive Chairman of AEON Group, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated AEON's positive and effective contributions to the development of the retail and export sectors in Vietnam.

According to the Prime Minister, Vietnam has 5 important fundamental factors that AEON and other investors can expand their investment and business in Vietnam: Vietnam identifies consumption as a growth driver; has a market of more than 100 million people, a young population and a growing number of middle-class people, striving to become a country with an upper middle income by 2030; Vietnam-Japan relations are increasingly developing well; Japanese goods are popular with Vietnamese people; Vietnamese goods are abundant, with strengths in food, foodstuffs, textiles, footwear, etc. and are being greened, in line with the general consumption trend of the world .

The Prime Minister suggested that AEON Group choose Vietnam as its business base in the world - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Prime Minister suggested that AEON Group choose Vietnam as its business base in the world. AEON Group continues to invest in more shopping centers and Outlet areas in suburban areas, combining shopping with entertainment; investing in building shopping centers not only in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Thua Thien Hue, Can Tho, Thanh Hoa as at present but also expanding to provinces and cities with high per capita income, large population, and service and tourism centers such as: Quang Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Thai Nguyen, Nghe An, Tay Nguyen, Khanh Hoa, An Giang...

The Prime Minister also asked AEON to increase imports, bringing Vietnamese goods into the global supply chain, especially products in which Vietnam has strengths such as: footwear, seafood, food. Vietnam is building brands for products; investing in synchronous logistics services, creating favorable conditions, reducing costs for products. In particular, he asked AEON Group to grant scholarships to students and participate in training human resources for Vietnam.

The Prime Minister took a souvenir photo with leaders of AEON Group - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Mr. Akio Yoshida, Executive Chairman of AEON Group, said that so far Vietnam is the country where AEON has invested the most in the world, with more than 1.18 billion USD. AEON has opened 6 shopping centers in major cities and provinces of Vietnam such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Thua Thien Hue, etc.

Agreeing with the opinions of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, in the coming time, AEON will develop about 20 shopping malls in Vietnam, focusing on supermarket and entertainment business. In addition, the Group will also expand the import of Vietnamese goods for distribution in more than 20,000 shopping malls in Japan. AEON will also provide scholarships to support Vietnam in human resource training.

The Prime Minister welcomed the cooperation activities of Hiroshima University with Vietnam in the field of human resource training - one of Vietnam's strategic breakthroughs - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

* On the same morning, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with Professor Mitsuo Ochi, President of Hiroshima University, Mr. Matsumoko Kazuhisa, General Director of Satake Group, Mr. Yamassaka Tetsuro, Chairman of Balcom Group and leaders of 07 enterprises in the Central-Southern region of Japan.

On behalf of the delegation, Prof. Mitsuo Ochi, President of Hiroshima University, discussed promoting cooperation in the fields of education, human resource training, smart urban development, carbon neutrality, semiconductor development, digital agriculture, livestock farming, building rice production standards, responding to drought, saltwater intrusion, etc.

He hopes to continue receiving support from the Government, ministries, sectors and localities of Vietnam to organize business delegations to explore investment opportunities and promote cooperation in these areas. He also highly appreciated Vietnamese students studying abroad as well as Vietnam's human resources in general, saying that so far, 343 Vietnamese people have graduated from the school.

The Prime Minister welcomed the cooperation activities of Hiroshima University with Vietnam in the field of human resource training - one of Vietnam's strategic breakthroughs; as well as the cooperation activities of enterprises in the Central and Southern regions of Japan with Vietnam in recent times, especially in the fields in which Japan has experience and strengths, and Vietnam has demand and potential.

Vietnam and Japan are celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, in the context of the two countries' relationship being at its best ever, based on the extensive strategic partnership and the tradition of exchange and cooperation dating back hundreds of years. In recent times, the number of Vietnamese people in Japan has increased rapidly, now reaching nearly 500,000 people.

The Prime Minister affirmed that the two governments always support cooperation activities between the two countries, including cooperation activities between businesses, to be increasingly practical and effective - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Prime Minister affirmed that the two governments always support cooperation activities between the two countries, including cooperation activities between enterprises, which are increasingly practical and effective. The Prime Minister highly appreciated the initiative of Hiroshima University and enterprises in the Central-Southern region of Japan to promote cooperation with Vietnam in the coming time, especially in the fields of agriculture, training, human resource development, digital transformation, green transformation, climate change response, knowledge economy, circular economy, private hospitals, etc. The Prime Minister hoped that Hiroshima University would research and open training facilities and branches in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister asked businesses in the Central-Southern region of Japan to continue to closely coordinate with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka and relevant ministries, sectors and agencies to soon realize cooperation and investment ideas, contributing to promoting the extensive strategic partnership between the two countries to become increasingly deeper, more substantial and effective.

The Government pledges to support and create favorable conditions for Japanese enterprises in general and enterprises in the Central-Southern region of Japan in particular in the process of cooperation and investment in Vietnam./.

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