VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Japan’s Marubeni Corporation to expand its operation in Vietnam’s energy sector, particularly gas-fired and offshore wind power, while supporting digital infrastructure and electricity exports across ASEAN.

VinFast, Vietnam’s leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, and Marubeni Corporation, a major Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, on December 18 officially announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities in the secondary use of EV batteries and the potential to establish a circular economy model.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 13 received Marubeni President and CEO Kakinoki Masumi who revealed the Japanese group’s plan to pour billions of US dollars more into Vietnam in the coming time.

VinES, a member of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, and Marubeni Green Power Vietnam, a fully-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Marubeni Corporation, have signed a strategic partnership deal to promote the adoption of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha pledged maximum support for Marubeni Corporation to shift its projects using new and modern technology to Vietnam, while receiving a leader of the Japanese firm in Hanoi on March 10.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and a joint venture between the Trading Construction Works Organisation (WTO) and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation signed a gas sale heads of agreement for O Mon II Thermal Power Project on February 22.

Japanese investors’ confidence in Vietnam has still been increasing despite adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shigetoshi Aoyama, Executive Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), has said.

VOV.VN - Can Tho City’s People's Committee granted an investment registration certificate on the morning of February 8 to representatives from investors of the O Mon II Thermal Power Plant Project.