Japan businesses seek opportunities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
(VOV) - Businesses from Japanese city of Kobe made a fact-finding tour of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on March 18 to sound out opportunities for investment cooperation.
They comprise companies specialising in seaports, forwarding services, shipbuilding, fish farming and processing, automobile manufacturing, electronics-telecommunications, information technology, and auditing.
At a working session with local authorities, Ho Van Nien, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, briefed his guests on Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s potential for developing tourism, oil and gas exploitation, aquaculture, and seaports.
As the province will prioritise developing seaports, seaport logistics, and support industries in the next 30 to 50 years, it needs intensive foreign investment, said Nien.
He pledged to create the best conditions for foreign businesses, including those from Japan, to invest in potential areas in the province.
Ba Ria-Vung Tau is finalising policies, including the One-Stop Shop policy, running Japanese language courses for workers, and upgrading its infrastructure to meet Japanese investors’ requirements.
It is implementing a pilot programme to integrate the Japanese language into the high school curricula in the 2012-2013 academic year.
The province has signed a business cooperation deal with Japan’s Kawasaki prefecture and is building the Kawasaki industrial zone to attract Japanese investors.