(VOVworld) - Ho Chi Minh City has prepared to set up a number of industrial zones to attract Japanese investors, especially Japanese small and medium sized enterprises and those operating in the auxiliary industry. Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan made the remarks at Tuesday’s reception for Governor of Japan’s Ehime prefecture Tokihiro Nakamura, who is leading a business delegation on a visit to Vietnam. Quan expressed his belief that the visit will help intensify the two sides’ cooperation and investment, thus nurturing the fine friendship between Vietnam and Japan. He added that in 2013, Ho Chi Minh City and several Japanese localities held seminars promoting investment. The city now has nearly 150,000 small and medium-sized enterprises.