HCMC and Japan’s Hyogo prefecture boost cooperate in different fields
Thursday, 21/12/2023 12:05 (GMT+7)
Mr. Phan Van Mai, Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Party Committee, Chairman of HCMC People's Committee, on December 20 received Mr. Saito Motohikom, Governor of Hyogo Province, Japan, who was paying a working visit to the city.
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| Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai (R) and Hyogo Governor Saito Motohiko. (Photo: SGGP) |
At the reception, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai expressed his hope that Saito’s visit will open up more substantive, effective cooperation opportunities for the two localities after Vietnam and Japan elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World.
He asked Governor Saito Motohikom to pay attention to promoting the province's businesses to invest in fields of banking, finance, tourism, trade, agriculture, electronics, semiconductors and new materials in HCMC, adding that the two sides also boast potential for collaboration in other spheres like high-tech medicine, in-depth diagnostics, health products, and personnel training.
On this occasion, he invited Mr. Saito Motohikom to attend the Friendship Dialogue that will take place in September 2024.
For his part, Saito spoke highly of HCMC’s development potential, saying many Hyogo businesses want to cooperate with the city and engage in its development process.
Hyogo also hopes to strengthen cooperation with the city in such fields as personnel training, high added value production, and exchanges between residents, especially youths, he stressed
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