The Long An Provincial Delegation successfully organized the Long An - Japan Trade and Investment Promotion Program

The Long An - Japan Trade and Investment Promotion Program 2025 was organized by the Long An Provincial People's Committee in coordination with the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan and the Vietnam - Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association.

The event was honored to have the participation of Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan - Pham Quang Hieu, Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut; Chairman of Vietnam - Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association - Vu Hoang Duc; Chairman of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Japan - Dr. Nguyen Hong Son.

The program attracted more than 100 delegates who are leaders of diplomatic agencies, organizations and businesses of the two countries, opening up many opportunities for strategic cooperation between Long An and Japanese partners.

Speaking at the program, Mr. Nguyen Van Ut emphasized that Japan has always been Long An's leading economic partner, with 161 Japanese FDI projects in Long An with a total capital of more than 1.2 billion USD, ranking fourth in terms of the number of projects and investment capital out of the total number of partners with projects in the province, demonstrating the strong confidence of Japanese investors in the business environment in Long An.

With its strategic gateway position between Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces and cities, Long An not only possesses developed infrastructure and abundant human resources, but also constantly improves the quality of the investment environment.

Not only aiming to attract investment capital, Long An also wishes to learn from Japan's advanced development model, applying modern technology to industry, agriculture, urban and administrative management, creating a solid foundation for both sides to develop prosperously and reap long-term success.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan - Pham Quang Hieu emphasized that Japan has always been Vietnam's leading economic, trade and investment partner. The Ambassador highly appreciated Long An's dynamism and development orientation in connecting with the Japanese business community. The Ambassador believes that with the strong commitment from the provincial government and the attention of Japanese investors, Long An will not only be an investment destination but also a strategic cooperation center, contributing to promoting the increasingly strong and effective Vietnam - Japan relationship. Mr. Pham Quang Hieu affirmed that the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan will always accompany and support Long An in promoting economic, trade and investment cooperation with Japanese enterprises; committed to being an active "bridge", creating favorable conditions for businesses of both sides to connect, exchange information and implement successful projects in Long An.

Within the framework of the program, delegates discussed in depth the opportunities for investment and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Japan. Director of the Department of Finance of Long An province - Truong Van Liep informed that Long An is gradually becoming a center for high-tech industrial development in the whole region. With the orientation of sustainable development, the province prioritizes attracting Japanese enterprises in high-tech industries, semiconductor technology, international standard urban areas and golf courses, logistics, commercial centers, high-tech agriculture and renewable energy.

Chairman of the Vietnam - Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association - Vu Hoang Duc assessed that Japanese investors have strengths in technology, corporate governance and sustainable industrial development, while Long An is emerging as an attractive investment destination with developed infrastructure, abundant industrial land fund and favorable business environment. To attract and optimize investment efficiency from Japan, Long An needs to continue to improve the quality of human resources, develop a supporting industrial ecosystem and promote cooperation in technology transfer.

One of the highlights of this program is the signing ceremony of 3 important cooperation agreements, opening up strategic cooperation opportunities between Long An and Japanese partners. Notably, following the success of Vina Ecoboard's $110 million project in Phu An Thanh Industrial Park, Japan's leading forestry group Sumitomo has signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in investing in a cajuput raw material area in Long An province to provide biomass materials that promise to promote sustainable development in the wood processing and renewable energy industries.

The Vietnam - Japan Economic Promotion Association presents a Letter of Intent to promote investment in many fields in Long An province

In addition, Prodezi Industrial Park - the largest eco-industrial park in the Mekong Delta with a scale of 400 hectares - is gradually realizing a sustainable development model through cooperation with Chitose Group to deploy advanced biotechnology solutions in wastewater treatment, organic fertilizer production and planting trees using organic hydroponics systems at Prodezi Industrial Park.

The above cooperation not only helps Prodezi build a green industrial ecosystem, but also creates conditions for businesses in the industrial park to access advanced technology solutions, optimize production and move towards environmentally friendly development. Not only stopping at the industrial sector, Long An has also achieved new steps in cooperation in training high-quality human resources, developing tourism combined with high-tech agriculture, transferring biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare through the letter of intent of the Vietnam - Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association given to the Long An Provincial People's Committee to propose investment promotion, connecting and inviting projects to Long An province.

These fields are not only suitable for the development orientation of the province but also make the most of Japan's strengths, promising to bring breakthrough projects in the near future. At the investment connection session, a large corporation in Japan was particularly interested in the waste-to-energy plant project in Thu Thua district. With leading experience in the field of waste treatment and renewable energy production, it expressed its desire to participate in this project. It is expected that in April 2025, the Japanese investor will send a team of experts to Long An to survey and discuss the investment plan in detail.

This is an important step in solving environmental problems, while taking advantage of Japanese technology to turn waste into a valuable source of energy. With the impressive results achieved at the program, it can be seen that Long An not only attracts strong attention from Japanese enterprises but also gradually affirms its role as a strategic investment destination in Vietnam. These cooperation agreements are the beginning of a period of deeper and broader cooperation, creating a long-term development momentum between Long An and Japanese partners. On the sidelines of the working sessions, the Long An delegation had a courtesy call on the Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan - Pham Quang Hieu and former Japanese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City - Wantanabe Nobuhiro. Both Vietnamese and Japanese diplomatic representatives highly appreciated the investment environment of Long An province, especially the dynamism and practical support policies for Japanese enterprises by Long An provincial leaders.

Mr. Wantanabe Nobuhiro has a lot of affection for the land and people of Long An, and pledged to actively connect and encourage Japanese enterprises to learn and research investment opportunities in the province.At the same time, he also expressed his wish that the provincial leaders pay attention to establishing cooperative relations with Yamanashi province - his hometown, especially in the fields of industry and high-tech agriculture, which are the strengths of Yamanashi and have great potential for cooperation with Long An province. This cooperation promises to open up many opportunities to promote comprehensive economic cooperation between the two localities.

Long An province delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan

Following the success of the first working day, the Long An delegation will have meetings and work with many organizations and businesses in Tokyo and Ibaraki province to continue discussing potential areas of cooperation.

With the spirit of initiative, openness and strong commitment from both sides, the working trip promises to bring many practical results, contributing to promoting the economic and trade cooperation between Long An and Japan to a new level./.

Reported by Truong Giang

Translated by NT