Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with Japanese investors in Tokyo on June 5. (Photo: Vu Dung)

Prime Minister Phuc said that Vietnam is striving for rapid and sustainable development and is pursuing the goal of a transparent and constructive government which best serves businesses and people. He affirmed that Vietnam considers the private sector and foreign direct investment a driving force for national development.  

“The Vietnamese government will accelerate its investment in infrastructure including electricity. We will continue to narrow state-controlled areas, expand markets, and equitize state-owned enterprises, including those in the power sector. Japanese enterprises can invest directly or through investment funds in Vietnam to become strategic shareholders of some State-owned enterprises,” Prime Minister Phuc said.

He noted that Vietnam is willing to provide Japanese investors with a list of investment areas that they are interested in, including national infrastructure, public-private partnership projects, renewable energy, finance and banking.