PM greets leaders of Kansai regional association

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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc treasured the contributions of Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Associations of Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, and Kyoto prefectures in promoting people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Chairman of the Osaka's Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Association Umeda Shoji. (Photo: VGP)

He took the occasion to seek support from the Kansai regional chapter of the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Association for the teaching of Vietnamese and celebrations of the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2018.

For his part, Chairman of Osaka’s Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Association and Chairman of the Kansai regional chapter of the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Association said that the associations always support cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

He also informed programs which support Vietnamese victims of agent orange and cultural exchanges in Hue city and plans to work with the Vietnamese sides to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties at local levels.

Meeting with leaders of Sakai’s Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Association, Prime Minister Phuc highly valued the initiative of sending cherry blossom trees to Hai Duong and Ha Nam provinces of Viet Nam and positive investment in Binh Dinh province.

The Vietnamese Government, always encourages and paves favorable ways for Japanese investors to boost their presence in Viet Nam, affirmed the Prime Minister. He took the occasion to call on Sakai businesses to expand tuna fishing projects to Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces. 

Lauding the results of cooperation between the Osaka prefecture and Vietnamese localities, especially HCM City and Hội An City, he thanked Osaka authorities and people for actively helping the Vietnamese Consulate General perform its role as a bridge linking the Kansai region and Viet Nam, as well as assisting Vietnamese nationals living here.

On the occasion, he asked Governor of Osaka prefecture Ichiro Matsui and Kansai authorities to encourage local enterprises, especially small- and medium-size ones, to invest in Việt Nam in the fields of high technology and support industries, and share experience with Viet Nam in workforce training and technological transfer in agriculture, and enhance labor coordination, including welcoming more Vietnamese technical apprentices to the region.

He wished that Osaka would encourage other Kansai localities to establish cooperative ties and boost mutually-beneficial collaboration with Vietnam.

Governor Matsui, for his part, vowed to continue support for the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka and Vietnamese nationals living in the prefecture, thus contributing to intensifying exchanges and mutual understanding between the two countries’ people.

As Japan’s major economic and industrial region, Kansai houses ten prefectures including three big cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe with strength in the manufacturing industry. The Kansai economic region is worth nearly US$931 billion, focusing on garments, chemicals and electronic spare parts.

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