A Vietnam-Japan Investment Forum was held in Yokohama city of Japan's Kanagawa prefecture on September 8 as part of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.
A ceremony celebrating the 50th year since people of Japan's Kanagawa prefecture blocked the transportation of tanks that the US military intended to send to the battlefield in South Vietnam, was held by the Peace Committee of Kanagawa on December 18.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 20 highlighted the need to enhance cooperation and exchanges between localities of Vietnam and Japan during a reception for Kuroiwa Yuji, governor of Kanagawa prefecture of Japan, who is on a working trip to Vietnam.
An exhibition was held on October 15 in Kanagawa prefecture of Japan to promote its relationship withVietnam and introduce products of the Southeast Asian country to local people.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s upcoming visit to Vietnam will be a historic trip that is expected to contribute to enhancing the links between the two countries in the time ahead, said Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh received Kanagawa Governor Kuroiwa Yuji in Hanoi on November 18, applauding her guest’s contributions to relations between the Japanese prefecture and Vietnamese localities.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Governor of Kanagawa prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji on October 22 during his trip to Japan to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese emperor.
Many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture want to invest in Vietnam, Governor Yuji Kuroiwa said at in investment promotion forum held in Yokohama on September 6.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has proposed that Japan and Kanagawa prefecture create favourable conditions for Japanese and Vietnamese businesses to strengthen investment partnership and implement economic and cooperation activities in other fields, especially creative industry, agriculture, education and training.
Vietnam attaches importance to promoting locality cooperation with Japan, considering this a result-oriented and effective collaboration channel to step up economic, trade and labour ties as well as people-to-people exchange between the two countries, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.
The two-day Vietnam festival was started on September 8 in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture, drawing large crowds of spectators as it is one of the most expected in the country.
Equitisation of State-owned enterprises, public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure and start-ups in the fourth industrial revolution are expected to open up new opportunities for Japanese firms in the Vietnamese market.
Vietnam’s CMC Corporation, one of the leading information and communications technology (ICT) groups in Vietnam, opened its subsidiary in Yokohama city of Kanagawa prefecture on November 7.
A Vietnam Festival with the theme of “Feel Vietnam” took place in Yokohama city of Kanagawa Prefecture on September 16 and 17, marking it as one of the largest Vietnamese festivals in Japan.
The Vietnam-Japan Investment Cooperation Forum was held in Yokohama by Kanagawa Prefecture and Vietnam' Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has met with Mayor of Kanagawa Prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji to discuss the Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2017 and cooperation between the two sides.