PM wants stronger ties between localities of Vietnam, Japan
The
Vietnamese PM received the chief of the Japanese prefecture during his ongoing official
visit to Japan to attend the 23rd International Conference on the Future of
Asia.
Phuc expressed
his satisfaction at the growing collaboration between Vietnamese localities and
Ibaraki, especially in the fields of agriculture and processing industry.
He praised Ibaraki’s strengths in agriculture,
science-technology, and education, and urged the prefecture to continue
encouraging its businesses to invest in Vietnam, as well as share experience,
transfer high technologies, and support Vietnam’s efforts to modernise and
industrialise its agricultural sector.
The PM also proposed the Japanese prefecture
receive more Vietnamese workers and train human resources while coordinating
with Vietnamese localities to host activities in celebration of the 45th
founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and 50 years of establishment
of Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in Ibaraki in 2018.
Hashimoto said Ibaraki authorities and
entrepreneurs want to step up multi-faceted investment cooperation with
Vietnamese localities, and receive more high-quality workers to work in the
prefecture.
He urged the two sides to enhance collaboration
on the ground of implementing effectively their cooperation plans.
The same day, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc received
Tadashi Maeda, CEO/Exec Managing Director of the Japan Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC), and Tsuyoshi Yaguchi, Chairman of the Committee on Security
under the Japanese House of Representatives.
The JBIC executive said the bank wants to
further assist Vietnam with infrastructure development and implementation of
financial services for development.
Yaguchi hoped the two countries will push ahead
with economic cooperation and increase the role of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum to boost free trade.
The PM pledged to create all favourable
conditions for Japanese banking-finance organizations to make investment in
Vietnam.-VNA