Japan's Aeon to expand cinema business into Vietnam

Theater operator looks overseas as population shrinks at home

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An Aeon Entertainment theater in Japan's Toyama prefecture. The company aims to have 21 cinemas in Vietnam by 2030. (Photo by Miki Funabashi) 

TAKURO SUZUKI

TOKYO -- Aeon Entertainment, a movie theater operator in Japan, is expanding into Vietnam with plans to open its first cinema in the country this year and invest 20 billion yen to 30 billion yen ($134 million to $200 million) by 2035.

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