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Japan looks to expand collaboration with Can Tho in agricutlture

Japan wishes to expand cooperation with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in agriculture and human resources.
Japan looks to expand collaboration with Can Tho in agricutlture ảnh 1At the event. (photo: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) – Japan wishes to expand cooperationwith the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in agriculture and human resources.

The information was revealed at a working session between leadersof Can Tho city and a Japanese delegation led by Wantanabe Michitaro, Mayor ofNasushiobara city of Tochigi prefecture on December 23.

Wantanabe told the hosts that Japan had planned to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) oncooperation with Can Tho in the fields of agriculture and human resources exchange in July 2020. However,  it wasdelayed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

As the pandemic isbasically under control, Japan wants the two sides to hasten the signing of the MoU, paving the way for trade expansion, especially in agriculture.

Nasushiobara boasts strength in agriculture, with dairy cow and rice being key products. Livestock farming accounts for 70% of the city's agricultural production structure.

For hispart, Pham Van Hieu, Chairman of municipal People’s Council, said farming land makes up 80% of Can Tho's total area and hi-tech agriculture is currently one of its strengths.

This year, 172 labourers in the locality were sent to work inJapan, he added.

He hoped that more activities will be conducted by the two citiesnext year on the occasion of 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japandiplomatic ties./.

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