Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man received Governor of Nagasaki prefecture Oishi Kengo and Mayor of Nagasaki city Suzuki Shiro right after arriving in the Japanese prefecture on December 6 afternoon.

Deputy Chairwoman of the Da Nang People's Committee Nguyen Thi Anh Thi had a working session with a delegation of Japan’s Nagasaki Prefectural University led by Satomi Iwashige, Vice Rector in charge of strategy and international relations at the university, on July 3.

Authorities of Japan's Nagasaki prefecture have been making multiple efforts to help University of Nagasaki to attract more Vietnamese students.

The Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki has set up an office to assist Vietnamese in the locality with housing and employment, Vice Governor Ken Hirata has said.

Vietnam has always been consistent with its anti-nuclear weapons policy and was one of the first countries to support, sign and ratify the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), President Tran Dai Quang wrote in his greeting message on July 31 to the 63rd World Conference against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs.

A Vietnam-Japan student exchange programme will take place in the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki from July 9-20, with four teachers and 26 high school students in Ho Chi Minh City taking part.

The Vietnam Paralympic Association had a working session with authorities from Japan's Nagasaki in Hanoi to discuss the development of sports for people with disabilities in the two countries.

Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang has expressed support of a proposal for more student exchange programmes by Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture.

Japan is one of Vietnam’s leading strategic partners and the Vietnamese Government always pays attention to enhancing cooperation between the two countries’ localities.

Ho Chi Minh City and the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki are looking to enhance bilateral cooperation in economics, as heard at a meeting between leaders of the two sides on August 27.