Japan explores Vietnam market

HCMC – A delegation from the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) has arrived in Vietnam to visit a couple of small and medium enterprises (SME) to sound out cooperation prospects.Mariko Kitagawa, president of Tsukishima Soko Co., said members of the group were mainly SMEs, so they had come here to explore the possibility of doing business with Vietnamese SMEs.

Tsukishima Soko active in infrastructure and logistics sectors has been joining hands with Vietnam’s TRA-SAS Co., a sea transport services firm.

The visiting Japanese businesses on Wednesday visited Tan Thuan Dong Port to learn about the port’s warehouse system and then work with TRA-SAS. Members are representatives of Japanese SMEs operating in different sectors such as passenger transport, hotel, restaurant, consulting and advertising.

Nguyen Van Quy, chairman of TRA-SAS, said Japan had a policy of helping SMEs seek cooperation and business opportunities in many different countries like Vietnam, and that his offered a good chance for Vietnamese firms to build business links with these businesses.