VietNamNet
Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
will attend the 4th Mekong-Japan Summit from April 20-21 in Tokyo.
Dung
will join the summit at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko
Noda, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on April 16.
PM affirms close ties with Japan
Vietnam
has always attached importance to strengthening cooperative relations with
Japan in all fields and has worked with Japan to develop their sustainable and
long-term strategic partnership.
Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the statement at a reception in Hanoi on April 16
for the governor of Aichi prefecture in Japan, Hideaki Uhmura.
He said
Japan is now one of Vietnam’s main investors and trade partners, and has been
its biggest provider of ODA for many years.
Almost
all Japanese businesses in the country are operating well and their managers
have established good working relationships with Vietnamese employees, said Mr
Dung.
The PM
noted with satisfaction the encouraging results in economic, trade, and investment
cooperation between Vietnam and Japan and said there is still great potential
for further cooperation in the future.
He said
he hopes that Aichi prefecture will co-ordinate closely with relevant
Vietnamese localities to implement projects so as to boost comprehensive
cooperation between the two countries.
PM Dung
proposed that Aichi prefecture strengthen cooperative relations with Vietnam in
health care, education, tourism, culture and people-to-people exchanges.
The
Government of Vietnam always creates favourable conditions for stronger
economic, trade, investment and tourism cooperation between Aichi and
Vietnamese localities, Mr Dung assured his guest.
Governor Uhmura
confirmed that Aichi businesses show their interest in investment in
Vietnam. More than 100 businesses from Aichi are currently cooperating with
Vietnam and many others are also seeking opportunities in the country.
He
asked the Vietnamese Government to facilitate the operation of businesses from
Japan and Aichi in particular in Vietnam. He vowed to boost future cooperation
in education, health and tourism between Aichi prefecture and Vietnam and
support Vietnamese students in studying in the prefecture.
At an
another reception for Governor
Uhmura and his entourage on the
same day, State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan also said she hopes Aichi
prefecture will boost cooperation with localities in Vietnam in accordance with
the strategic partnership between the two nations.
The
State Vice President emphasized that Japan has supported Vietnam in many
fields, especially health and social affairs, noting that the Japanese Cleft
Palate Association, a non-profit organization, has performed free surgeries for
more than 2,000 children in Vietnam.
Governor
Uhmura said his locality wants to increase the number of flights to Vietnam and
will continue supporting cleft palate and cancer surgeries for patients in
Vietnam.
Aichi
prefecture is one of the largest economic and industrial hubs in central Japan
with its GDP accounting for nearly 10 percent of the national GDP.
Aichi
has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on economic cooperation with
relevant Vietnamese ministries and agencies.
Direct
flights now operate between Aichi’s international airport and Hanoi and HCM
City.
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