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New centre to be set up in Hanoi to promote Japan’s Kyushu region

A centre to promote the Kyushu region of Japan is scheduled to be established in Hanoi in early 2020 under an agreement signed in Hanoi on November 25.
New centre to be set up in Hanoi to promote Japan’s Kyushu region ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA) – A centreto promote the Kyushu region of Japan is scheduled to be established in Hanoiin early 2020 under an agreement signed in Hanoi on November 25. 

The agreement was signed by DirectorGeneral of Kamichiku Vietnam Masashi Kamimura,Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Service Department for DiplomaticCorps Nguyen Trac Ba, Japanese Ambassador toVietnam Kunio Umeda and Senior Managing Director of the KyushuEconomic Federation Narumi Nagao.

Under the deal, KamichikuVietnam, an affiliation of Kamichiku group of Japan, will lease space of the ServiceDepartment for Diplomatic Corps to open the Kyushu Promotion Centreand run it with the support of the Kyushu Economic Federation.

The centre will promote the Kyushu region and its businesses andorganisations, and work as the bridge between the region and Vietnam.

Ambassador Kunio Umeda said this will be the firstKyushu Promotion Centre in Asia, which he said will play an important role in popularizingthe region and contributing to Japan-Vietnam ties.

At present, there are daily flights between Hanoi and Fukuoka prefecturein Kyushu, while the number of weekly flights on the direct air service betweenHo Chi Minh City and Fukuoka will increase from the current three to six nextwinter./.

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