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.

A new liquified natural gas (LNG) power plant project set to be developed on 210-360ha of land in Quynh Lap commune of central Nghe An province has attracted interest from major players in the energy sector.

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.

A seminar in Tokyo on July 9 brought together Vietnamese and Japanese stakeholders to explore opportunities for collaboration in the burgeoning semiconductor industry.

VOV.VN - The Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) platform shares common principles among member countries in addressing climate change as a global challenge while ensuring energy security, and economic growth, and pursuing carbon neutrality/zero emissions through various pathways according to each country’s national circumstance.

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.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has just allowed the Japanese multinational banking financial services institution, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMCB), to buy newly issued shares of VPBank (VPB).

A number of Vietnamese banks are grabbing the interest of foreign investors who are major banks or financial groups.