JETRO's latest survey revealed that Japanese enterprises operating in Vietnam—including local supporting industry enterprises—achieved a localization rate of 36.6%, comparable to Malaysia and the Philippines.
Japan remains top importer of manpower from Vietnam, recruiting 29,902 workers, followed by Taiwan with 22,132 workers and South Korea with 4,977 workers.
During the session held on June 4, the two sides reviewed the implementation of the tasks following the second round of the technical-level negotiations and discussed the orientation for the upcoming technical negotiation round.