PRESIDENT NGUYEN XUAN PHUC RECEIVES GOVERNOR OF KANAGAWA PROVINCE, JAPAN

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Mr. Kuroiwa Yuji, Governor of Kanagawa Province, Japan. (Source: VNA)

On the afternoon of November 20, at the Presidential Palace, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Mr. Kuroiwa Yuji, Governor of Kanagawa Province (Japan) who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Pleased to meet Mr. Kuroiwa Yuji again after the meeting in September 2022 in Tokyo (Japan), the President thanked the Governor for his affection and tireless efforts in promoting cooperation and exchange with Vietnam. , especially organizing the Kanagawa Festival in Vietnam.

The President highly appreciated the extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan, which is increasingly developing deeply and effectively, notably cooperation in the fields of trade, ODA, education, culture, and labor. dynamic.

Mentioning the increasingly rich cooperation between localities of the two countries, the President emphasized that strengthening cooperation and exchanges between localities of the two countries is an important driving force for the two countries' relationship to become more connected and develop. a new level.

The President also welcomed and appreciated the Governor's role in promoting relations between Kanagawa province and Vietnam, notably trade connection seminars or large-scale annual cultural exchange events. leading events in the two countries, including the Kanagawa Festival in Hanoi attracting a large number of people to participate, after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

The President said he sent a congratulatory message to the festival and through the festival helps Vietnamese people understand more about the traditional cultures of Kanagawa province in particular and Japan in general.

Along with that, Kanagawa Prefecture's Investment Conference on the afternoon of November 18 attracted many Vietnamese localities and businesses to attend, showing the great potential and need for cooperation with the province.

Mentioning that Kanagawa has strong economic potential and that Vietnam's localities have many complementary potentials, the President suggested a number of areas of cooperation: promoting delegation exchange activities and people-to-people exchanges. people, strengthen cooperation with Vietnamese ministries, branches and localities; continue to encourage the province's businesses to promote investment and business in high-quality agriculture, supporting industries, and information technology; Health care, cancer screening, wastewater treatment, environmental protection...

Considering that it is necessary to strengthen cooperation in human resources and that there are currently many students wishing to study in Japan, the President proposed that Kanagawa Prefecture expand its acceptance of interns, nurses and Vietnamese workers. South, including cooperation under the new mechanism for specific skilled labor.

Along with that, pay attention and establish focal points to support, advise and create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, study and work in the province.

Vietnamese and Japanese cultures have many similarities, the President wishes to have many cultural exchange events between the two countries organized on a larger scale and more widely in many localities, especially this year. 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan.

Welcoming the Governor's many initiatives to organize festivals in Vietnam and Japan, the President hoped that the Governor would continue to promote cultural exchange activities and organize many Vietnamese festivals and cultural events. South and Japan, contributing to the development of relations between the two countries.

Sincerely thank the President for taking the time to receive and sending a message of congratulations to the Kanagawa Festival. Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji expressed his joy at receiving help and creating conditions to successfully organize the festival with Many exciting and diverse activities and youth exchange programs in Da Nang with the participation of many young people.

Stating that there are currently many businesses in Kanagawa province that want to invest in Vietnam, the Governor hopes that Kanagawa businesses will receive help and support to invest smoothly.

The Governor said that in the coming time, the Kanagawa prefectural government will promote coordination in organizing more cultural exchange events, promote economic and educational cooperation and provide utmost support for Vietnamese students. Nam went to study in the province.

Sharing issues related to population aging, the Governor wishes to promote cooperation with Vietnam to effectively respond to this challenge in the future.
Source: https://baoquocte.vn/