
HCM City (VNA) – Permanent Vice Chairman of theHo Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem hosted a reception for NakamuraHiro, Governor of Yatsushiro city, the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, onJanuary 17.
Liem told his guest that Ho Chi Minh City has paid attentionto bolstering cooperation with Japanese localities over the past years. Thecity has formed friendly partnership with seven Japanese localities.
This year, the city will embark on external cooperation withJapan, including the seventh Japan – Vietnam festival slated for February, hesaid, adding that Ho Chi Minh City wants to enhance collaboration withYatsushiro city in fields of shared concern.
Nakamura Hiro, for his part, Yatsushiro wants to intensify collaborationwith Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City in various areas, especially incultural exchange./.