Vietnamese, Japanese cities look to expand collaboration in agriculture, tourism
Can Tho (VNA) – The People’s Committee of the Mekong
Delta city of Can Tho and the Administration of Nasushiobara city of Japan on May 8 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the fields of agriculture and tourism.
Addressing the signing ceremony, Tran Viet Truong, Chairman
of the municipal People’s Committee, said the signing of the agreement is expected
to bring practical effects to the people and businesses of the two cities,
contributing to building good relations and friendship between Vietnam and
Japan.
To strengthen the cooperation between Can Tho
and Nasushiobara in the coming time, Truong suggested continuing to
create favourable conditions for businesses of the two sides to exchange and explore the demand, advantages, and actual
capacity of each side, thereby promoting effective collaboration in the fields
of agriculture and tourism, creating a premise for trade and investment
cooperation.
Watanabe Michitaro, Mayor of Nasushiobara
city, expressed his pleasure when the MoU between the two cities was
successfully signed, especially in 2023 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan
diplomatic ties.
The Mayor said he hopes it can pave the way for concrete
cooperation work between the two cities in the future, adding that they can
develop their collaboration in other fields as well.
Can Tho and Nasushiobara began cooperating in
January 2020. Up to now, the relationship between the two localities has continuously strengthened with many friendship activities. The senior leaders
of the two localities have paid working visits to each side, thereby defining the cities have great potential for cooperation,
especially in the fields of agriculture and tourism. The signing of MoU is
essential so that the two sides can promote cooperation and complement each other in line with development needs./.