Hanoi (VNA) - A complexintended to connect Japanese and Vietnamese firms involved in supportingindustries will be developed in the Hanoi Southern Supporting Industrial Park(HANSSIP).
The complex’s establishmentfollowed an agreement inked between the HANSSIP’s investor – N&G Group– and Onaga Company from Japan in the capital city on May 13.
The launch of the Vietnam-JapanTech-Park complex would mark a good starting point for both Japanese small andmedium-sized businesses and those who specialise in supporting industries in Vietnam,said Nguyen Hoang, vice president of the Vietnam Association for SupportingIndustries (VASI) and chairman of N&G Group.
VASI Chairman Le Duong Quangagreed. He said cooperating with enterprises from Japan whichhad developed supporting industries would bring a lot of benefits forVietnamese companies.
Domestic enterprises wouldhave opportunities to update Japanese advanced technologies and throughJapanese enterprises, they would gain access to the world market, therebydeeply joining the global value chain, he said, adding that Japaneseenterprises could also support local companies in human resources training.
For his part, director of OnagaCompany Masaru Onaga said that the complex would call on Japaneseenterprises to Hanoi to invest in supporting industries and high tech ones.
The HANSSIP covers 640ha in thecity’s Phu Xuyen district. It comprises an industrial zone which servessupporting industries including manufacturing, mechanical engineering, textileand garment, leather-footwear, electronics, automobile assembling and urbanservice areas.
The capital city has set a goalof having about 900 firms in supporting industries by late 2020, according tothe municipal Department of Industry and Trade.
Of them, some 400 would beeligible to have production systems and their products in line withinternational standards, as well as have sufficient supply capacities in globalproduction networks from multinational corporations in Vietnam, the departmentsaid.-VNA