President Tran Dai Quang (R) meets JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka (Source: sggp.org.vn)Tokyo (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang has proposed that theJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) continue working to increaseJapan’s official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam, focusing onlarge-scale infrastructure projects and human resources training.
Meeting JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka in Tokyo on June 1 as part ofhis ongoing State visit to Japan, President Quang suggested that Japan supportVietnam in implementing its industrialization strategy within the Vietnam-Japancooperation framework, and developing human resources for the industry area.
Vietnam needs Japan’s assistance in building and conducting a project toreform the apparatus of the political system towards effective and efficient operation,and train managerial officials at all levels, especially at strategic level, hesaid.
The Vietnamese leaders also asked for the agency’s cooperation inprojects in industry, green agriculture, high technology, as well as its supportin searching for long-term solutions to coping with climate change.
President Quang thanked Japan for providing ODA for Vietnam for its socio-economicdevelopment in decades, while lauding the role of JICA in the field.
For his part, Shinichi Kitaoka showed his delight at the strong andpractical growth of the Vietnam-Japan relations over the past 45 years.
He spoke highly of Vietnam’s effective coordination in implementingprojects over the past years.
He pledged that JICA will continue its efforts to contribute to the growth ofthe Vietnam-Japan partnership, focusing on enhancing added value in theindustry sector and designing climate change response policy and a humanresources training plan for Vietnam.-VNA
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