Strengthening cooperation between Japan's Kyushu region and localities of Vietnam
WVR - From March 26-29, Consul General of Vietnam in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai and Ambassador of Vietnam to Japan Pham Quang Hieu visited and had working meetings in 4 Prefectures of Miyazaki, Oita, Kumamoto and Saga in the Kyushu region, Japan to promote cooperation with localities in Vietnam.
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| Strengthening cooperation between Japan's Kyushu region and localities of Vietnam: Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu and Consul General Vu Chi Mai met with the Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture. (Photo: Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka) |
The Ambassador and Consul General met with leaders of the provinces; spoke at seminars connecting businesses of both sides, exchanged ideas on trade promotion, investment attraction, strengthening local cooperation and cooperation in areas where both sides have potential such as labor, tourism and science and technology...
The delegation also included representatives of the Vietnam Digital Transformation Association in Japan and the Vietnam Trade and Investment Promotion Association in Kyushu.
At the meetings, leaders of the four Prefectures expressed their appreciation for Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu and Consul General Vu Chi Mai for taking the time to visit the provinces in the Kyushu region. They affirmed that the provinces highly value and wish to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in general and with Vietnamese localities in particular.
Local leaders affirmed that Vietnamese people who are living, studying and working here have become the largest foreign community in the region. They highly appreciated the contributions of Vietnamese workers to the socio-economic development of the prefectures and expressed their belief that Vietnamese workers are and will continue to become an indispensable labour force of the region in the coming time.
In the coming time, the prefectures wish to receive more Vietnamese workers not only in traditional fields such as manufacturing, construction, agriculture but also in new industries such as information technology, high technology, and at the same time encourage Vietnamese enterprises to open branches and expand business activities in the localities.
Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture Kono Shunji said that Miyazaki and Kyushu prefectures are working to promote regional links between the government and businesses, aiming to build Kyushu into Japan's leading semiconductor and digital transformation industrial base. Therefore, the prefecture wishes to strengthen cooperation in training and receiving semiconductor and information technology human resources from Vietnam.
The governor also expressed his wish to soon open a direct flight between Miyazaki and Vietnam, promote two-way tourism, as well as strengthen cultural and sports cooperation.
Governor of Saga Prefecture Yamaguchi Yoshinori expressed his wish to welcome more Vietnamese people to live, study and work to make up for the shortage of young people. He also directed departments and branches to support the Vietnamese Association in organizing the Spring Homeland 2026 program in Saga Prefecture.
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| Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu and Consul General Vu Chi Mai met with the Governor of Saga Prefectures. |
Thanking the Prefectural leaders for their good feelings towards Vietnam and their warm welcome, Ambassador Hieu and Consul General Mai invited the Prefectures' leaders to soon lead business delegations to visit Vietnam, sign cooperation agreements with localities, and encourage businesses to participate in major exhibitions and fairs on goods supply to promote investment. At the same time, the two sides will coordinate to promote typical specialties, maximizing the potential for cooperation.
The diplomats from the Embassy and Consulate General requested that Japanese Prefectures pay attention to and create conditions to retain Vietnamese workers with appropriate mechanisms and policies, and at the same time support training for workers before going to Japan to improve their expertise and Japanese language skills, meeting higher standards under the new law on job training programs, which expected to take effect from July 2027.
In addition, the Vietnamese side requested that Japan create conditions for Vietnamese IT enterprises and engineers to start businesses, participate in supporting digital transformation in the region; encourage universities to expand scholarships, increase the admission of Vietnamese students; and at the same time pay attention to supporting the Vietnamese community to organize cultural and sports exchange activities, especially the Xuan Que Huong (Spring Homeland) program in the locality.
Ambassador Hieu and Consul General Mai affirmed that the Embassy and Consulate General are committed to supporting and actively promoting local exchanges and cooperation between established sister city pairs, such as Miyazaki-Nam Dinh, Miyazaki-Quang Ngai, Oita-Tuyen Quang, and Kumamoto-Hai Duong, as well as expanding cooperation with other localities in Vietnam.
During the meetings, Ambassador Hieu and Consul General Mai also answered various questions related to Vietnam and bilateral cooperation, such as Vietnam's foreign policy, the potential to promote cooperation between Vietnamese enterprises and enterprises in the Kyushu region, measures to support the promotion of Kyushu's specialty products in Vietnam, the possibility of cooperation in developing human resources in semiconductor industry and high-skilled workers in Japan, support for Vietnamese people to take the Japanese standard driver's license exam, support mechanism for Vietnamese workers to learn Japanese before going to work in Japan, and the progress of the Long Thanh international airport project.
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