Vietnam, Japan strengthen cooperative ties

02:17 PM @ Monday - 11 October, 2010
The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi as well as other localitiesacross the country wish to develop cooperation with Japanese localities.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet made the remarkwhen receiving the governor of Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, AsoWataru, who was visiting Vietnam on the occasion of Hanoi ’s 1,000th anniversary.

During the October 11 meeting,President Triet applauded the contributions of Aso Wataru in bolsteringrelations between Fukuoka prefecture and Vietnamese localities.

Relations between localities of Vietnam and Japan havestrengthened and expanded in line with the fine development of the twocountries’ strategic partnership, President Triet said.

He hailed Japanese investors for their interests in the Vietnamesemarket, saying Vietnam wishes that businesses would increase theirinvestment in the country.

He expressed his beliefthat with a lot of similarities in culture, the two nations’ ties wouldfruitfully develop in the future.

For his part, AsoWataru extended his congratulations on the success of the grandcelebration of Thang Long-Hanoi. He stressed that cooperative relationsbetween Fukuoka and Hanoi would develop not only in economics andindustry but also in other areas such as culture and environment.

He pointed to the environmental agreement signed between Hanoi andFukuoka to demonstrate that the prefecture always wants to boostcooperation with the Vietnamese capital.

He alsolauded the establishment of the Vietnamese Consulate General inFukuoka in April last year, which, he said helps create favourableconditions for bilateral exchange, especially between businesses.

Japan wishes to receive more Vietnamese students, contributing to bolstering the two nations’ ties, he said.

On this occasion, the Japanese governor pledged to try his best toboost relations between the two countries’ localities as he said finerelations between localities would help the two nations’ relationsdevelop more deeply and effectively./.

(Source: en.vietnamplus.vn)


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