Step by step affirming the role of strategic investment destination

The impressive results achieved at the Long An - Japan Trade and Investment Promotion Program 2025, recently organized by the Long An Provincial People's Committee in coordination with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and the Vietnam - Japan Economic Promotion Association, show that Long An not only attracts strong interest from Japanese enterprises but also gradually affirms its role as a strategic investment destination in Vietnam. The important cooperation agreements signed are the beginning of a period of deeper cooperation, creating a long-term development momentum between Long An and Japanese partners.

Báo Đại biểu Nhân dân•02/04/2025

Top economic partner

Speaking at the program, Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut affirmed: Japan has always been Long An's leading important economic partner, with 161 FDI projects with a total capital of over 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. This demonstrates the strong confidence of Japanese investors in the business environment in the province. Along with that, with its strategic gateway position between Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces, 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, the province wishes to learn from Japan's advanced development model, applying modern technology to industry, agriculture, urban areas, administrative management, creating a solid foundation for both sides to develop prosperously and reap long-term success.

Appreciating the dynamism and development orientation of Long An in connecting with the Japanese business community, speaking at the program, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu 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 center of strategic cooperation, contributing to promoting the increasingly strong and effective Vietnam - Japan relationship.

Long An province delegation successfully organized the Long An - Japan Trade and Investment Promotion Program in 2025. Photo: Truong Giang

Discussing investment and trade cooperation opportunities between Vietnam and Japan, Director of the Department of Finance Truong Van Liep said: Long An is gradually becoming a center for high-tech industrial development in the region. With a sustainable development orientation, 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. According to Chairman of the Vietnam - Japan Economic Promotion Association Vu Hoang Duc, 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.

Open up opportunities for strategic cooperation

The Long An - Japan Trade and Investment Promotion Program 2025 has opened up strategic cooperation opportunities between Long An and Japanese partners, with the signing of 3 important cooperation agreements. Following the success of Vina Ecoboard's 110 million USD project in Phu An Thanh Industrial Park, Japan's leading forestry group Sumitomo signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in investing in acacia raw material area in the province. In order to provide biomass materials that promise to promote sustainable development in the wood processing and renewable energy industries.

Prodezi Industrial Park - The largest ecological industrial park in the Mekong Delta with a scale of 400 hectares is gradually realizing a sustainable development model through cooperation with Chitose Group, implementing advanced biotechnology solutions in wastewater treatment, organic fertilizer production, and planting trees using organic hydroponics systems at Prodezi Industrial Park; not only helping Prodezi build a green industrial ecosystem, but also creating 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 calling for projects. 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, this corporation 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.

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