Ho Chi Minh City Invites Aichi Firms to Expand Manufacturing Investment
Ho Chi Minh City held an investment promotion conference in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture on November 9, presenting opportunities in manufacturing, high technology, logistics and green energy. The city’s trade and investment promotion center said it attracted more than US$19.1 billion in foreign investment in the first 10 months of 2026, up more than threefold year on year.
The 2026 Ho Chi Minh City–Aichi investment promotion conference was held on November 9 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, with more than 180 representatives from the two local governments and business communities attending. Ho Chi Minh City presented Aichi firms with opportunities for cooperation in manufacturing, high technology, logistics, green energy and tourism, and arranged for businesses to learn about the investment environment, present projects and seek partners.
A Ho Chi Minh City delegation attends the 2026 Ho Chi Minh City–Aichi investment promotion conference.（VietVance）
Ho Chi Minh City Vice Chairman Trần Văn Bảy said at the conference that, as of August 31, 2026, Japan had 2,346 investment projects in the city with total registered capital of about US$15.36 billion, ranking third among the 152 countries and territories investing there. Phạm Quang Nhật, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Trade and Investment Promotion Center, said the city attracted more than US$19.1 billion in foreign investment in the first 10 months of 2026, more than four times the level recorded in the same period a year earlier.
The 2026 Ho Chi Minh City–Aichi investment promotion conference was held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.（VietVance）
The conference was jointly organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Trade and Investment Promotion Center, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka and the organizing committee of the Vietnam Festival in Aichi, marking 10 years of friendly cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Aichi Prefecture. For the first time, the two sides combined investment promotion activities with an exhibition. Business and institutional representatives discussed industrial park infrastructure, production chain connections, supporting industries and the use of artificial intelligence in industry, as well as workforce training needs.
Aichi Governor Omura Hideaki said the prefecture would continue to promote economic exchanges with Ho Chi Minh City. Trần Văn Bảy said the city government would support Aichi firms as they explore and advance projects, while the Ho Chi Minh City Trade and Investment Promotion Center would follow up on cooperation opportunities after the conference.
Source: VietVance
