PM receives Hiroshima Governor

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Yuzaki Hidehiko, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 21 within the framework of his trip to attend the expanded Summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan.
PM receives Hiroshima Governor ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Yuzaki Hidehiko, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 21. (Photo:VNA)
Hiroshima (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received YuzakiHidehiko, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 21 within the framework ofhis trip to attend the expanded Summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay aworking visit to Japan.

PM Chinh expressed his delight at the strong development of the Vietnam-Japan relations, as well as the rapid and substantive development ofcooperation and friendship between Vietnam and Hiroshima.

He suggested the Hiroshima Governor further promote collaborationwith Vietnamese localities in investment, human resources development, and people-to-people exchange in the context of the two countries’ recent announcementof a direct air route between Hanoi and the Japanese prefecture; and encourage hisprefecture’s businesses to invest in Vietnam in digital and green transformation,climate change response, processing, manufacturing, smart agriculture,wastewater treatment, and production of electronic components.

Governor Yuzaki Hidehiko described PM Chinh’s visit to Hiroshimaand its Peace Memorial as an affirmation of his support for a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons.

He briefed the Vietnamese Government leader on thecooperation between Hiroshima and Vietnamese localities in recentyears, affirming the desire to strengthen collaboration, investment and tradewith Vietnamese localities, and to see more Vietnamese people studying and workingin the prefecture.

Chinh took the occasion to invite the governor and otherleaders of Hiroshima to visit Vietnam this year on the occasion of the 50thanniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the twocountries.
PM receives Hiroshima Governor ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other delegation heads to the summit visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (Photo:VNA)
On the same day, PM Chinh and other delegation heads to thesummit visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Itsukaichi Wharf and the SuisoFrontier – the world's first liquefied hydrogen carrier./.
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