Vietnamese, Japanese localities strengthen cooperation
Vietnam’s Thua Thien-Hue province and Japan’s Kyoto prefecture have issued a joint statement on the establishment of friendly and cooperative relations between the two localities.
The document was signed at a working session between Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao and Kyoto prefecture’s Governor Keiji Yamada on November 22 during the latter’s visit to the Vietnamese locality.
The two sides committed to strengthening the relations for mutual benefits while respecting each locality’s characteristics, exchanging information and cooperating in education-training, preservation of cultural values, tourism and trade.
Cao said Japan is the most important cooperation partner and ODA supplier of Thua Thien-Hue.
The country has so far provided US$500 million in ODA for the province, he said, adding that eight Japanese partners have implemented 20 cooperative projects, mostly in culture, in the locality.
The two sides have also enjoyed good relations in education and training, human resource training and health care, Cao said.
The Chairman said he hopes to receive Japanese ODA for the building of an international university in the province and suggested that the two localities focus their cooperation on cultural heritage preservation, cultural exchange, and training.
Governor Keiji Yamada pledged to work hard to sign an agreement on cooperation with Thua Thien-Hue next year.