(VOVworld) - Japanese enterprises will continue their investment in Ho Chi Minh City and encourage more investment in Vietnam, Horito Hyakkoku, Chairman of the Japanese Business Association in the southern hub (JBAH), told the municipal People’s Committee Wednesday.

He said the Association includes more than 700 enterprises, about 100 of whom joined in 2013. In recent years, he added, JBAH has promoted Vietnam as a country of political stability and public safety, so Vietnam should work to maintain this image.