Hanoi, Oct. 22 -- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed SoftBank - the largest financial services group of Japan - to expand investment in Vietnam, which has an increasingly improved business environment and the fastest economic growth in the region and the world.

PM Phuc, who has been in Japan to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito, hosted a reception for SoftBank Group Corp's Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son in Tokyo on October 22.

SoftBank's Vision Fund is investing 100 billion USD globally to facilitate corporate innovation and create new industries and services.

PM Phuc lauded SoftBank's business performance on regional and global scales, especially in breakthrough technology projects that help improve living con...