Staff writer
Japan and Vietnam will agree later this month to launch preliminary negotiations on an investment protection pact to encourage private Japanese companies to increase investments in the country, government sources said Thursday.
The sources said the two countries will also agree to set up a special forum -- comprised of government officials and businesspeople -- to discuss methods to facilitate and expand bilateral trade and investment.
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