Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Governor of Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture Mitazono Satoshi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc hosted a reception for Governor of Japan’s Kagoshima prefectureMitazono Satoshi in Hanoi on October 16.
The PM expressed his sympathies to Japanesepeople over losses and damage caused by the recent Typhoon Habigis.
He said Vietnam and Japan are extensive andintensive strategic partners. The two countries enjoy close relations not onlyat the governmental level but also at the local level, including Kagoshima.
The Government leader welcomed the expansion oflocality-to-locality cooperation in new areas.
For his part, the Japanese official expressedhis hope for strengthened cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese localities,especially between Kagoshima and Vietnam, in numerous fields.
He said his prefecture has strength inagriculture and wants to cooperate with Vietnam in this realm.
The Governor told his host that during hiscurrent visit to Vietnam, his delegation signed a Memorandum of Understandingwith the northern province of Hai Duong in human resources development andagricultural techniques.
He also voiced his hope that a direct air routeconnecting Kagoshima with Vietnam will help increase bilateral exchanges andcooperation.
PM Phuc welcomed the idea of the Japaneseofficial and said Vietnam is willing to create all possible conditions tolaunch the route.
He called on Japan and Kagoshima in particularto further increase investment in Vietnam and affirmed that the VietnameseGovernment will create the best conditions for Japanese investors.
He also proposed the Japanese prefecture paymore attention to Vietnamese students in Japan and promote peope-to-peopleexchanges besides tourism development./.
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