Thua Thien-Hue promotes cooperation with Japan’s localities

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has been stepping up cooperation activities with Japan’s localities across various fields.
Thua Thien-Hue promotes cooperation with Japan’s localities ảnh 1Japanese visitors in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue. (Source: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has been stepping up cooperationactivities with Japan’s localities across various fields.

The central provincesigned cooperation relationships with Nara Prefecture, Kyoto city, GifuPrefecture in tourism, education and training, investment and trade.

Japan is the biggestofficial development assistance (ODA) provider of Vietnam and Thua Thien Hue inparticular. The province currently has six ODA projects financed by Japan.

In tourism, PhanThanh Hai, Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre,said tourism cooperation between Thua Thien Hue and Japan has developed well inrecent years.

In heritagepreservation and renovation, Japan assisted Thua Thien Hue in preserving and restoringthe Hue citadel’s palace buildings and tombs with the UNESCO Research Instituteand some Japanese univerisities.

Seven Japaneseforeign direct investment projects with combined investment of 30.4 million USDare in operation in Thua Thien Hue, creating thousands of jobs. The projectsare mainly operating in food processing, garment, information technology,engineering.

According to the conservationcentre, from 2010 to 2015, the number of Japanese tourists to Thua Thien Hueincreased steadily to reach 25,118 in 2016.-VNA
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