Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucon February 28 affirmed that the government is determined to continue implementingstrong measures aimed at improving the investment environment, thus furtherfacilitating foreign investors, including those from Japan.

Receiving General Director of the Japanese-invested AeonMall Vietnam Iwamura Yasutsugu in Hanoi, the government leader reiterated thatVietnam takes the successes of the foreign investors as its own.

Vietnam hopes to expand its cooperation with the Aeon group,PM Phuc stressed, expressing his expectation that Vietnam can push up the direct export of its commodities through the group.

The leader asked the Japanese official and the group tocontinue broadening investment and business in Vietnam, and to open moreestablishments in the country’s other localities. He also asked Aeon to raiseVietnam’s export revenue to top its current 500 million USD.

For his part, the Japanese official expressed his thanks toVietnam for its support to the group’s operation in the country. Aeon’sdecision to broaden its investment and business in Vietnam is of greatimportance, he said, affirming that the group will further boost operation inthe time to come.

He also briefed his host on Aeon’s investment projects inVietnam. By 2025, the group will operate 25 trade centres in Vietnam with acombined investment of 2 billion USD, and it will bring Vietnam’s exportrevenue to 1 billion USD in 2025 from the current 500 million USD as thecountry boasts many products suitable to making the goal achievable, theofficial added./.