Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung (R) and Mitsui CEO and President Tasuo Yasunaga (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister TrinhDinh Dung has suggested the Mitsui Company invest in infrastructureconstruction in Vietnam while meeting with a visiting executive of theJapanese group in Hanoi on January 16.
During his visit to Vietnam, Mitsui Chief ExecutiveOfficer and President Tasuo Yasunaga, had working sessions with the company’sVietnamese partners, including the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group(PetroVietnam), on the Block B gas projects and cooperation in liquefiednatural gas (LNG).
The Deputy PM highlighted the growing extensive strategicpartnership between Vietnam and Japan, reflected by the political trustbetween senior leaders, and fruitful cooperation between businesses ineconomics, trade and investment.
Over the past time, Japanese investment in Vietnam hasgenerated positive benefits for both sides, Dung said.
He hailed the cooperation between the Japanese firmand its partners in developing the Block B gas projects, affirming thatthe projects play an important part in ensuring national energy security.
For his part, the Mitsui executive reiterated that theBlock B gas projects are among the company’s key cooperation agenda, pledgingthat the firm will work closely with PetroVietnam to accelerate the projects.
He also highlighted the huge support the Government,ministries and sectors of Vietnam have provided for Japanese firms on thebasis of the extensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Mitsui has great interest in transport infrastructuredevelopment, energy and health care in Vietnam, he added.-VNA
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