Japan to open consulate general in Da Nang

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to open four new diplomatic representative offices abroad in the fiscal year 2021, including a consulate general in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang, according to the daily newspaper Yomiuri.
Japan to open consulate general in Da Nang ảnh 1Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs planning to open four new diplomatic representative offices abroad (Source: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs isplanning to open four new diplomatic representative offices abroad in thefiscal year 2021, including a consulate general in Vietnam’s central city of DaNang, according to the daily newspaper Yomiuri.

The three remaining offices include a consulate general in Cambodia’s SiemReap, a consular office in Noumea in France’s New Caledonia, and a diplomaticoffice in Eritrea.

As of January 2020,Japan had 227 diplomatic missions abroad./.
VNA

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