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President calls for more support from Japan-based specialists' association for Vietnam

President Vo Van Thuong received a delegation of the Japan - Vietnam specialists’ association led by President of Hiroshima University Prof. Ochi Mitsuo in Fukuoka city on November 30.
President calls for more support from Japan-based specialists' association for Vietnam ảnh 1President Vo Van Thuong (R) receives Prof. Ochi Mitsuo, President of Hiroshima University and member of the Japan - Vietnam specialists’ association in Fukuoka city on November 30. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – President VoVan Thuong received a delegation of the Japan - Vietnam specialists’association led by President of Hiroshima University Prof. Ochi Mitsuo inFukuoka city on November 30.

The Vietnameseleader, who is paying an official visit to Japan, attributed the two countries’cooperation achievements partly to substantial contributions by their people,including the specialists’ association, in the fields of science - technologyand education - training.

He consideredthe upgrade of Vietnam-Japan ties to the comprehensive strategic partnership as achance for the association to step up cooperation with Vietnam.

Highlighting the association and the HiroshimaUniversity’s cooperation activities with Vietnam, Ochi said his university andassociation members hope to enhance ties with Vietnam in manpower training, thesemiconductor industry, carbon neutrality, and smart city building. They areready to welcome and provide training for Vietnamese students.

The university and the association, which gathers many professors, doctors, and scientists in various areas at universities and research institutions of Japan, hope toreceive support from President Thuong and relevant agencies of Vietnam, henoted.

President calls for more support from Japan-based specialists' association for Vietnam ảnh 2The meeting between President Vo Van Thuong and the delegation of the Japan - Vietnam specialists’ association in Fukuoka city on November 30. (Photo: VNA)
President Thuong appreciated Ochi andother association members’ cooperation with and assistance to Vietnam, whichhe said have generated practical results in education - training and science -technology.

He also applauded the cooperationprogrammes on agriculture and forestry between the Hiroshima University and theThai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry.

As Vietnam, especially its MekongDelta, is hit hard by climate change, including the sea level rise, the Stateleader asked the association to expand partnerships with universities andlocalities of Vietnam in this field, in which many Vietnamese universities arestudying and wishing to boost cooperation with international partners.

Agreeing withthe association’s cooperation proposals, the President said they are the areas where Vietnam has high demand for. He also called on the association to promoteconcrete cooperation activities in the time ahead, particularly in manpowertraining and semiconductor research and production./.
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