PM: Vietnam working to improve business climate

Vietnam is improving its business climate in order to attract foreign investors, including those from Japan, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives Sonoura Kentaro, Special Advisor to the PM of Japan, in Hanoi on December 11. (Credit: VGP)

He made the remark when receiving Sonoura Kentaro, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, in Hanoi on December 11.

He said Vietnam considers the success of Japanese enterprises in the country as its own.

Highlighting the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership as one based on mutual trust, the PM lauded the smooth cooperation between the two countries’ state agencies and sectors in implementing the agreements sealed by their high-ranking leaders.

He expects to see ties advance to new heights for peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the Asia-Pacific region.

He also lauded Japan’s efforts in promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, which is now renamed as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

For his part, Sonoura Kentaro congratulated Vietnam on successfully hosting the APEC Year 2017 and conveyed Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s thank-you message for the warm welcome he received while in Vietnam for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

Sonoura underscored 2017 as a historic year in Vietnam-Japan ties, with a series of visits by both sides’ high-ranking leaders taking place.

He said Japan wants to foster collaboration and friendship with Vietnam in all fields.

(Source: NDO)