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Japanese firm commits 1 mln JPY to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund

Chairman of Japan’s Daiyu Steel Co. Ltd Sakuo Inoue has pledged to donate 1 million JPY (8,940 USD) to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.
Japanese firm commits 1 mln JPY to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund ảnh 1Vietnamese Consul General to Osaka Nguyen Hong Ha (R) receives a token of cash from Chairman of Japan’s Daiyu Steel Co. Ltd Sakuo Inoue (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – Chairman of Japan’sDaiyu Steel Co. Ltd Sakuo Inoue has pledged to donate 1 million JPY (8,940 USD) to Vietnam’snational COVID-19 vaccine fund.

He revealed the decisionduring a recent working session with Vietnamese Consul General to Osaka NguyenHong Ha, and also hoped that the Vietnamese economy will recover quickly followingthe COVID-19 pandemic.

Ha, for his part, expressedhis sympathy with difficulties met by Japanese firms during the pandemic.

He affirmed that theVietnamese Government, ministries, agencies and localities are striving tofight the pandemic and shift to the period of safely, flexibly adapting to andeffectively combating the virus while promoting production and trade.

The Vietnamese official alsohailed Japanese enterprises, including Daiyu, for expanding production anddoing long-term business in Vietnam.

Founded in 1961, Daiyu is aprestigious steel maker in Japan, with over 145 workers, including 12Vietnamese.

In 2013, it opened the DaiyuVietnam Steel Co. Ltd at the Tan Dong Hiep Industrial Park in the southern provinceof Binh Duong with a total investment of 2 million USD. It now has three factories inJapan and one in Vietnam./. 

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