Japanese companies ask Vietnam brass: When will we get paid?

Nonpayment for subway project and other pitfalls loom over business community

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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, left, shakes hands with Japanese business leaders in Hanoi in March. © Vietnam New Agency

YUJI NITTA

HANOI -- Japanese companies investing in Vietnam are beginning to sweat the ability of leaders to resolve business issues in a timely fashion, including nonpayment for a completed subway in the country's largest city.

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