President applauds association’s efforts to boost Vietnam-Japan ties

President Truong Tan Sang has appreciated efforts by the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association (JVFA) in Kansai to boost the friendship and cooperation between the two countries and between the region and Vietnamese localities in particular.

At a reception for a JVFA Kansai delegation in Hanoi on October 21, he thanked the organisation for assisting Vietnamese students and apprentices in the region, describing its working visits and activities to promote tourism in the two countries’ localities as a bridge for bilateral amity and partnership.

Japan is among top investors in Vietnam with a majority of its businesses coming from Kansai, he said, expressing his hope that the region will continue topping the list of Japanese investors in Vietnam.

The President asked the friendship association, which gathers a number of entrepreneurs, to work harder to intensify mutual understanding between the two peoples and foster the nations’ trade, investment and tourism connections.

For his part, Chairman of the association Teichi Nishimura said he is impressed with Vietnam’s doi moi (renewal) achievements, noting the organisation’s support for Japanese investments in Vietnam as well as student and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Speaking highly of the local business climate, the Kansai guests said they will call for more investments and expand business operations there in such fields as providing support services, caring for the elderly, and manufacturing baby products.

They will also accelerate the trading of Vietnamese mangoes and Japanese apples while paving the way for persimmons, a Kansai specialty, to enter Vietnam and Vietnamese mangosteens and star apples to make inroads into their country’s market.-VNA