Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)Kazuyoshi Hatakeyama, Chairman of the Japan-VietnamFriendship Parliamentary Alliance in Miyagi Prefecture, made the statement at ameeting with Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le ThanhLiem in the city on January 23.
He thanked international friends, including Vietnam, forsupporting the locality to overcome consequences of the earthquake and tsunamiin 2011.
He affirmed that Japan and Miyagi always attach muchimportance to cooperating with Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, especially ininvestment, economy, trade, education and tourism.
He also pledged to work with parliamentarians in theprefecture to further foster affiliation with Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh inparticular.
For his part, Liem expressed his delight at the growing tiesbetween Ho Chi Minh City and Japanese localities with many fruitful cooperationprogrammes in economy, culture, education and investment.
Lauding the role of Japanese investors to the socio-economicdevelopment of the city, he vowed that Ho Chi Minh City will always offerpreferences to foreign investors, including those from Japan, to invest inprioritised sectors of the city.
He also suggested that Miyachi prefecture will increaseexchange activities between people of the two localities in culture, education,science and technology, thus contributing to enhancing economic partnership betweenthe localities for the common benefit of both sides.-VNA
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