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.
Theater operator looks overseas as population shrinks at home

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