A market with population of nearly 100 million is more than enough for domestic firms to boost sales and expand market shares.

Being members of agricultural cooperatives, farmers are now able to focus on production, while commercialization of their products becomes more professional.

Low productivity and lack of high-quality manpower are issues that Vietnamese firms should work on to join the production chains of Japanese enterprises.

Close cooperation between the authorities and the business community would help ensure the economic operation is unaffected by the pandemic.