Japanese media highlight Vietnamese President’s visit

The Japanese media on May 30 gave extensive coverage on the ongoing State-visit to Japan by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.
Japanese media highlight Vietnamese President’s visit ảnh 1President Tran Dai Quang visits Koganei Seiki Co. (Source: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – The Japanese media on May 30 gave extensive coverage on theongoing State-visit to Japan by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.

NHK,Japan’s largest broadcasting organisation, said during his first-ever visit toJapan as a national guest from May 29 to June 2, President Quang toured Gunmaprefecture and hosted a reception for Gunma’s Governor Masaaki Osawa.

Gunmaprefecture has maintained close cooperative ties with Vietnamese localities.The partnerships between Gunma and Vietnamese localities will significantlycontribute to exchanges between the two countries, NHK quoted President Quangas saying.

Osawa,who visited Vietnam in 2016 and 2017, expressed his honour to welcome theVietnamese leader, stressing that Gunma has actively promoted people-to-peopleexchanges and economic links with Vietnam, according to NHK.

Followinghis meeting with Osawa, President Quang made a field trip to Koganei Seiki Co.,where many Vietnamese engineers are working.

Osawasaid Gunma will continue cooperation with Vietnam in the time to come to ensurehuman resources for the prefecture, NHK said.

Accordingto Tokyo Shimbun, more than 7,000 Vietnamese had lived and worked in Gunma byFebruary 2017. Thirty nine out of 240 engineers working in the Koganei Seiki Co.are Vietnamese.

Itcited Osawa as saying that Vietnam is a friendly and hospitable country and hewishes that the fruitful relationship between Gunma prefecture and Vietnam willbe deepened.

JomoShimbun also said President Quang and Gunma’s Governor Osawa agreed to consolidatepartnerships between Vietnamese localities and the Japanese prefecture,especially their economic links.

PresidentQuang hoped for enhanced collaboration with the locality in agriculture,high-tech and infrastructure construction which are of Gunma’s strength, thenewspaper said.

Bothshared the same view on the significance of intensifying connections  between Japanese businesses and universitiesin Vietnam to ensure the supply of human resources for the firms, according tothe newspaper.

Itsaid with high demand for young and low-cost human resources, many Gunmabusinesses have invested in Vietnam. As of March 2018, 66 firms from Gunma haveoperated in Vietnam, up from 27 enterprises recorded fiveyears ago.-VNA
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