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| Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen receives Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo, Japan's Komeito Party Chief Representative. (Photo: VNA) |
On August 21, Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, received Chief Representative of Japan's Komeito Party Yamaguchi Natsuo who is visiting and working in the city.
Welcoming the visit of the Japan's Komeito Party delegation, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen emphasized that the relationship between Vietnam and Japan is not only economic and trade cooperation, but also a sincere friendship built on trust, understanding and respect.
“The Vietnamese Government and people consistently consider Japan their most important, reliable and long-term partner, and Ho Chi Minh City always considers Japan one of the most important partners,” he said.
Appreciating the important contributions of the Japan's Komeito Party as the ruling coalition Party in Japan to the consolidation and development of the friendly cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Japan, he suggested Japan's Komeito Party Chief Representative continue to pay attention to and promote the Vietnam-Japan Extensive Strategic Partnership in the coming time.
Ho Chi Minh City is always interested in developing cooperative relations with Japanese partners in the fields of trade, investment, culture, people-to-people exchanges, and especially cooperation in training human resources and young skilled workers.
Affirming his desire to further strengthen the cooperative relationship with Japanese localities and partners, he also encouraged Japan's Komeito Party Chief Representative to pay attention to support Japanese businesses and investors to promote investment and long-term business in the city; expand tourism activities, cultural exchanges and people-to-people diplomacy to make the relationship between the two sides commensurate with the potentials and desires of the two sides, contributing to the development of Vietnam-Japan relations.
Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo expressed his impression of the dynamic development of Ho Chi Minh City as the economic locomotive of Vietnam; adding that the working visit to Vietnam by Japan's Komeito Party delegation aimed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan in 2023; the 15th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership and the 10th anniversary of the Extensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia next year; and further promote cooperation between Japan and Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo said that Japan's Komeito Party supports activities to promote Japan-Vietnam relations, especially in the field supporting the construction of infrastructure and training to improve the quality of human resources for the coast guard.
In addition to promoting political, economic and trade relations, it is necessary to further promote cultural exchange and people-to-people diplomacy, because cultural exchange is the foundation for the development of relations between the two countries.
According to Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo, currently, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese students and labourers are living, studying and working in Japan, of which there are about 170,000 trainees and about 80,000 highly skilled employees.
Japan has launched a program that allows skilled workers to extend their working time in Japan and even bring their families to Japan, creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese interns and labourers./.