The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on August 23 held an investment promotion conference and a dialogue with Japanese enterprises.
Japanese participants at the investment promotion conference (Photo: VNA)
Long An (VNA)🎉 – The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of LongAn on August 23 held an investment promotion conference and a dialoguewith Japanese enterprises.
Long An is now home to 131 Japanese projects valued at nearly479 million USD, mostly in the districts of Duc Hoa, Ben Luc, Can Giuoc and Tan Ancity in the fields of wooden products, mechanical engineering, manufacturingand assembling of electronic spare parts, and food processing.
At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen Van Ut asked competent agencies to follow directions by the provincial People's Committee to clear difficulties faced by businesses. He emphasised that Long An always stays ready to offer allpossible support to investors and those from Japan in particular to successfullydo business in the province. On this occasion, Japanese firms and leaders of relevant agenciessigned memoranda of understanding oncooperation in training skilled workers up to Japanese standards and supply ofworkforce among Saigon Telecom Technology JSC, Foundationof Youth Empowerment, ISPACE Cybersecurity College and VALLEYCAMPUS Group./.
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Japanese participants at the investment promotion conference (Photo: VNA) 
At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
