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OVs in Japan urged to further contributions to homeland

Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan urged Vietnamese expats in Japan to continue uphold their role as bridges, contributing to helping Vietnamese enterprises promote exports.
OVs in Japan urged to further contributions to homeland ảnh 1Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (L) speaks at the meeting (Source: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) - Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCity Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged Vietnamese expats in Japan tocontinue uphold their role as bridges, contributing to helping Vietnameseenterprises promote exports.

During a meeting with the Vietnamese community in Japan as part of his workingvisit to Japan from March 18-25, Nhan updated participants on recent achievementsof Ho Chi Minh City, and highlighted its dynamic development.

Japan is one of the two biggest investors in Vietnam, he said, adding that HoChi Minh City is currently the most attractive destination for Japanese investorsin all fields.

The southern hub is calling for investments in 127 key projects, includingthose in building smart hospitals, developing high technologies andinfrastructure, and flood prevention, he said.  

Heaffirmed his current visit to Japan aims to learn from Japan’s experience aswell as collect opinions from Japanese experts and economists, and those from Vietnamesebusinesses in Japan, towards mapping out development strategies andorientations for Ho Chi Minh City in the coming time.

Speaking in the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong reportedthe development of the Vietnamese community in Japan, saying that the number ofoverseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Japan increased to nearly 250,000, 2.5 timeshigher than three years ago.

ManyVietnamese people achieved prominent achievements in the field of invention andinnovation, thus contributing to the homeland’s development as well as therelations between the two countries, he noted.

At the meeting, OVs shared experience in simplifying investment procedures,thus facilitating Japanese firms’ operation in Vietnam.

Representatives from young Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Japan said if Vietnamesefirms want to succeed in the Japanese market, they need to consult, learn andapply Japan’s professional working style.

Nhan is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other officials ofthe Japanese Government; have working sessions with representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo and Tsukuba universities, and organisations and enterprises workingin the high-tech field.-VNA
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