HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi MinhCity wishes to bolster cooperation with Japanese localities, including Wakayamaprefecture, in the coming time, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Tran Vinh Tuyen said on February 14.
Hosting a reception for Vice Governor ofWakayama prefecture Hiroshi Shimo in HCM City, Tuyen voiced his gratitude tothe sentiments and support from the Japanese government and people to Vietnamand HCM city in particular, especially its recent medical equipment packageworth 14 million JPY (127,400 USD) for Vietnam to fight the acute respiratorydisease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
HCM City hopes to bolster collaborationwith Wakayama prefecture in fields that the two sides boast strengths in,namely tourism, trade, investment and farm produce, he noted.
For his part, Shimo said that Wakayamaprefecture highly values development potential of Vietnam’s southern economichub. The visit aims to further strengthen cooperation of the Japaneseprefecture with HCM City, in addition to its sound collaboration with otherVietnamese localities including An Giang, Da Nang and Dak Lak, among others.
Introducing Wakayama’s potential, theJapanese guest expressed his hope that various cooperation programmes with HCMCity will be put forward in the future, particularly in tourism, farm produce importand export, and human resources.
He also asked local authorities to createoptimal conditions for firms from Wakayama to do business in the city.
At present, Japan ranks fifth among the 108investors of HCM City, carrying out more than 1,370 investment projects with acombined capital worth nearly 4.5 billion USD. Meanwhile, the city shippedgoods worth about 3 billion USD to the Japanese market last year./.
Hosting a reception for Vice Governor ofWakayama prefecture Hiroshi Shimo in HCM City, Tuyen voiced his gratitude tothe sentiments and support from the Japanese government and people to Vietnamand HCM city in particular, especially its recent medical equipment packageworth 14 million JPY (127,400 USD) for Vietnam to fight the acute respiratorydisease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
HCM City hopes to bolster collaborationwith Wakayama prefecture in fields that the two sides boast strengths in,namely tourism, trade, investment and farm produce, he noted.
For his part, Shimo said that Wakayamaprefecture highly values development potential of Vietnam’s southern economichub. The visit aims to further strengthen cooperation of the Japaneseprefecture with HCM City, in addition to its sound collaboration with otherVietnamese localities including An Giang, Da Nang and Dak Lak, among others.
Introducing Wakayama’s potential, theJapanese guest expressed his hope that various cooperation programmes with HCMCity will be put forward in the future, particularly in tourism, farm produce importand export, and human resources.
He also asked local authorities to createoptimal conditions for firms from Wakayama to do business in the city.
At present, Japan ranks fifth among the 108investors of HCM City, carrying out more than 1,370 investment projects with acombined capital worth nearly 4.5 billion USD. Meanwhile, the city shippedgoods worth about 3 billion USD to the Japanese market last year./.
VNA