State President meets with President of Sojitz Corporation
Tuesday, 15:40, 28/06/2016
VOV.VN - Vietnam State President Tran Dai Quang on June 28 met at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi with President and CEO Yoji Sato of Sojitz Corporation, one of the largest trading companies in Japan.
He also highlighted the interest of Sojitz in education and the establishment of a grant and scholarship program to assist youth in Vietnam finance their post-secondary training.
In response, State President Quang thanked Mr Sato for the highly appreciated foreign direct investment in a large number of segments of the Vietnam economy over past years and pledged the government’s continued support and cooperation.
Sojitz was also the first Japanese company to be awarded the friendship order conferred by the Government of Vietnam, attributable to its dedication to the socio-economic development of the nation.
Today, the Sojitz Group consisting of Sojitz Corporation and its approximately 400 subsidiaries and affiliates located in Japan and throughout the world, is a wide-ranging general trading company with operations in a multitude of countries and regions employing nearly 14,500 employees.