Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expected Sumitomo Corporation to become a strategic investor of Vietnam with greater contributions to the Vietnamese economy while receiving Yukihito Honda, Group CEO of the Japanese firm's Urban Infrastructure Development Group in Hanoi on July 22.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a ceremony on November 22 to present the Prime Minister's certificates of merit to Sojitz Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation in recognition of their contributions to Vietnam-Japan friendship and cooperation.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha encouraged Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to deploy new investment projects in Vietnam, during his reception for Shingo Ueno, president and CEO of Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, in Hanoi on October 8.

VOV.VN - At the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders Meeting held in Indonesia, four entities including BRG Group (Vietnam), Sumitomo Corporation (Japan), North Hanoi Smart City Development Investment Joint Stock Company (NHSC), and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP) handed over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on decarbonization through energy management between North Hanoi Smart City (NHSC) and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP), aiming to make North Hanoi Smart City the first carbon-neutral urban area in Vietnam and the world.

VOV.VN - Japanese government agencies have held meetings with leaders of a consortium between Vietnam’s BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to push progress on the North Hanoi Smart City project.

Sumitomo Corporation and the People's Committee of north central Thanh Hoa province have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore investment opportunities in constructing industrial zones in the west of Thanh Hoa city, along with the establishment of logistics and urban centres.

BRG Group JSC and its Japanese partner, Sumitomo Corporation, on March 24 signed a joint-venture contract on expanding the FujiMart grocery supermarket chain in Vietnam, towards opening 50 new stores throughout the country by 2028.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi Dinh Tien Dung on March 23 hosted a reception for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio and representatives of the Sumitomo Corporation and BRG Group of Japan to review the implementation of a smart city project in the northern area of Hanoi.

Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh hosted a reception for leaders of the BRG Group and Sumitomo Corporation Vietnam on December 21.

Modern distribution channels in Vietnam will be diversified by small stores in 2021, especially minimarts, market researchers Nielsen have said.