Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee Truong Quang Nghia (right) hosts a reception on January 12 for Nikai Toshihiro, Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance. (Photo: VNA)DaNang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang will step up cooperationwith its Japanese partners to promote investment, trade, tourism, education andcultural exchanges with the Japanese side, a municipal leader has said.
Secretaryof the Da Nang City Party Committee Truong Quang Nghia hosted a reception onJanuary 12 for Nikai Toshihiro, Secretary General of the Liberal DemocraticParty (LDP) of Japan and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship ParliamentaryAlliance.
Atthe meeting, Nghia expressed his hope that Toshihiro will continue to assist DaNang in implementing Lien Chieu Port project under the public-private partnership(PPP) model.
Forhis part, Toshihiro said the Japanese delegation, comprising 1,000 people, willenhance collaboration with Da Nang in such spheres as economy, culture andtourism.
Theflow of Japanese tourists to Da Nang last year increased nearly 50 percent from2018, and the number is likely to rise in the time ahead, he added.
Twentyone Japanese students in the delegation want to learn about Da Nang, he said,stressing that Japan is willing to welcome Da Nang students to the country.
DaNang signed memoranda of understanding to establish official relations withfour Japanese cities, and has had cooperative ties with more than 20 cities andprovinces of Japan, according to the municipal Party Committee.
Japanis running over 190 projects worth about 900 million USD in Da Nang. More than1,000 Da Nang students are learning the Japanese language at schools.
Thereare three direct air routes between Da Nang and Japan, and a total of 183,572Japanese visited the city last year./.
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