On August 12, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a seminar with Japanese enterprises.
Together with leaders of Vietnamese ministries, branches, agencies and localities to answer and discuss issues of concern to the Japanese side, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the two sides to establish a joint working group to coordinate, compare and handle issues based on reality according to regulations in August 2025, ensuring harmonious benefits and shared risks. If there are arising issues that exceed regulations or do not yet have regulations, they should be proposed to competent authorities for proper handling, thoroughly, and not to prolong; learn from experience for other projects in the future.
Regarding the concern of Japanese enterprises in popularizing hybrid vehicles and the roadmap to limit motorbikes in the Ring Road 1 area, Hanoi city, the Prime Minister said that reducing emissions, protecting the environment, and combating climate change is a national, comprehensive, global issue, requiring the joint efforts of the entire people, all levels, sectors, enterprises and global cooperation to choose the most optimal option possible, ensuring the harmony of interests between people, businesses, and the State, in a clean spirit, for a green and clean life of the people.
Concluding the discussion, the Prime Minister thanked the dedicated, sincere and straightforward opinions of the Japanese delegates, with the desire for stable and long-term cooperation and investment in Vietnam.
Appreciating the sincere and straightforward opinions of the delegates at the seminar, and at the same time agreeing and welcoming the proposals of the Japanese side on implementing projects in the coming time, the Prime Minister assigned specific tasks to ministries, branches and localities to coordinate with the Japanese side in resolving administrative procedures, land policies, tax policies, food hygiene and safety... that the Japanese side proposed to promote projects.
Clearly guiding the direction of handling and resolving opinions and recommendations of Japanese enterprises in each specific project, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam is prioritizing rapid and sustainable development, green economy, digital economy, circular economy, knowledge economy; relying on science, technology, innovation, digital transformation.
The Prime Minister suggested that the Japanese side, including Japanese enterprises, accompany and support Vietnam in finance, allocate new-generation ODA funds to Vietnam; invest in the International Financial Center in Vietnam; expand investment in Vietnam to create jobs, create livelihoods, and train high-quality human resources, especially in industries such as artificial intelligence, databases, semiconductor industry, new energy, renewable energy, biotechnology, healthcare, high-tech agriculture.
Along with that, continue to transfer science and technology, smart governance; contribute ideas for Vietnam to perfect market economy institutions, orientation towards socialism; propose priority mechanisms to attract investment from Japan; support Vietnamese enterprises to participate in Japanese and global production and supply chains.
