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Submitted by honghanh on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 16:00
Japan will give priority to projects on infrastructure construction and human resources development in Vietnam, the newly-accredited Japanese ambassador to Vietnam said.

In an interview with a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Tokyo before taking office in late February, Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba said over the past five years, economic, investment and trade ties between Japan and Vietnam have seen marked progress. However, he added, that much remains to be done in connection with infrastructure, transport, power and seaport projects.

In addition, the two sides should further co-operate in training human resources, he said.

In regard to Vietnam’s three big infrastructure projects with Japan’s involvement, namely the North-South railway and highway and the Hoa Lac hi-tech park, Sakaba said a great deal of effort should be made to efficiently prepare for future projects.

He also revealed that Japan will invite its research institutes and hi-tech companies to assist in turning the Hoa Lac hi-tech park project into a hi-tech centre, contributing to developments in Vietnam and the region as well.

The ambassador emphaised that certain results have been made Japan and Vietnam launched the “Japan-Vietnam Joint Initiative” in 2003 and that Japanese businesses have highly valued the Vietnamese government’s activeness in improving its investment environment.

The diplomat expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Government of Vietnam to implement the third phase of the Initiative to further improve the Vietnamese investment environment.

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