VCCI Vice Chamber Hoang Quang Phong and Mr. Hiromichi Tanigawa, President of the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce

On the morning of November 14, at the VCCI headquarters, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Hoang Quang Phong received a delegation from the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan led by Mr. Hiromichi Tanigawa, Chairman of the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

At the meeting, Mr. Hiromichi Tanigawa, Chairman of the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan, said that Fukuoka Prefecture businesses are looking to learn more about market information, as well as investment cooperation opportunities in the Vietnamese market.

According to Mr. Hiroya, Vietnam is an attractive destination for businesses in Fukuoka Prefecture in particular and the Kyushu region in general. In recent years, many business delegations have visited, surveyed the situation, and participated in business discussions in Vietnam.

Although VCCI and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kyushu CCI) Japan have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two sides have encountered many difficulties and obstacles in connecting and implementing cooperation activities.

Therefore, the Chairman of the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce hopes to promote effective and substantive cooperation with VCCI in the coming time to support more businesses in Fukuoka to expand their investment in the Vietnamese market.

The two sides discussed measures to further promote cooperation between the Vietnamese business community and Fukuoka Prefecture.

In the areas of potential cooperation between businesses of the two sides, Mr. Tanigawa said that Japan currently has hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese workers working in Japan under technical internship programs, programs to send nursing candidates, caregivers, specific skilled workers, technicians, experts, interpreters, etc.

In particular, Vietnamese workers have been making significant contributions to the socio-economic development of Fukuoka Prefecture. Businesses in the province also commented that Vietnamese workers are skilled, hard-working and intelligent. Therefore, Mr. Tanigawa said that businesses of the two countries can promote cooperation in the field of human resources to provide high-quality labor resources to meet the needs of businesses.

Vice Chairman of VCCI took a souvenir photo with the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce business delegation

Informing the Vice Chairman of VCCI, the President of Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce said that Fukuoka province and Kyushu region are currently witnessing a large and impressive wave of investment from Taiwanese companies in the high-tech sector. In addition, the demand for development in the information technology sector in Kyushu region and Fukuoka province is very large.

This is a great opportunity for Vietnamese information technology enterprises to fully exploit the potential for cooperation with technology enterprises in Fukuoka to share experiences and transfer technology.

With the relationship between VCCI and the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Japan growing, the President of Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce hopes that VCCI will strengthen cooperation with Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce, thereby creating momentum for people-to-people and business exchange activities between the two sides to explode strongly in the future.

Listening to the proposals from Mr. Tanigawa, VCCI Vice Chairman Hoang Quang Phong highly appreciated the role of the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce in promoting cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese enterprises.

Accordingly, Mr. Phong said that Japan is one of the countries with strong investment in Vietnam and VCCI also has many trade promotion activities, market research in provinces and cities in Japan.

To enhance the effectiveness of cooperation activities in the coming time, the VCCI Vice Chairman said that the two sides need to build a solid foundation of relations, taking advantage of opportunities from the MOU between VCCI and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kyushu CCI) to expand the search for more business and investment opportunities for businesses in Kobe province and Vietnam.

The Vice Chairman of VCCI also suggested that the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce pay attention to promoting the province's businesses to increase investment in the fields of human resources, high technology, agricultural products, etc., as well as supporting business delegations and officials organized by VCCI to come to Fukuoka to seek new partners and investment opportunities.

Cam Anh (Business Forum Magazine)