Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and Governor of Kanagawa prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji (Photo: VNA)Tokyo (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Governorof Kanagawa prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji on October 22 during his trip to Japan toattend the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese emperor.
The PM took the occasion to extend his sympathy to people in areasaffected by Typhoon Hagibis.
He praised the efforts made by the governor and Kanagawa administrationto promote cooperation between the prefecture and Vietnam through result-orientedinitiatives and activities, such as the Vietnam Festival in Kanagawa andKanagawa Festival in Hanoi, which have become leading cultural exchange eventsheld annually in the two countries.
The Vietnamese government leader highlighted the big population andpotential of Kanagawa, and affirmed that Vietnam always hopes to increase tieswith Japan in general and Kanagawa prefecture in particular.
He asked Governor Kuroiwa and Kanagawa authority to encourageenterprises in the prefecture to bolster investment and business activities inVietnam, foster cultural exchanges and tourism cooperation with Vietnam, andreceive more apprentices and workers from Vietnam.
The governor informed PM Phuc about the cooperation between Kanagawa andVietnam including the plan on organizing the second Kanagawa Festival in Hanoiin November this year.
He said enterprises in the prefecture are interested in investmentopportunities in Vietnam, and wish to receive more Vietnamese labourers in thetime to come.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and CEO of Nikkei newspaper Okada Naotoshi (Photo: VNA)The same day, in his meeting with President and CEO of Nikkei newspaperOkada Naotoshi, PM Phuc hailed the newspaper’s organisation of the annualinternational conference on The Future of Asia, which has become a prestigiousevent attracting the participation of many leaders of Asian countries.
He suggested that Nikkei regularly updates Japanese readers on theeconomic development in Vietnam and the efforts of the Vietnamese government inimproving the business and investment environment, thus contributing topromoting Vietnam-Japan economic partnership.
Okada thanked the Vietnamese government for regularly sending high-rankingrepresentatives to the conference The Future of Asia, with PM Phuc himselfattending in 2017, and actively proposing solutions to global and Asian issues,which he said contributed greatly to the success of the conference.
He expressed his hope that Vietnam’s leaders will attend the event in2020, the year Vietnam serves as Chair of ASEAN and a non-permanent member onthe UN Security Council.
He informed the Vietnamese PM about the Japanese business community’sgreat interest in economic cooperation with Vietnam and affirmed that Nikkeiwishes to further contribute to the bilateral relationship between Vietnam andJapan./.
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