HCM City hopes for stronger ties with Japan’s Gunma Prefecture
Ho Chi Minh City hopes to forge stronger cooperation with Japan’s Gunma Prefecture, especially in areas of the prefecture’s strength such as SMEs and human resources training, stated a city leader.
Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong receives Gunma Governor Masaaki Osawa (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City hopes toforge stronger cooperation with Japan’s Gunma Prefecture, especially in areasof the prefecture’s strength such as small and medium-sized enterprises andhuman resources training, stated a city leader.
Meeting visiting Gunma Governor Masaaki Osawa in the city onFebruary 15, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phongaffirmed that the city always attaches much importance to investment resourcesfrom foreign investors, including those from Japan.
High political trust between Vietnam and Japan is afavourable condition for economic, trade and investment ties between the twocountries in general and Ho Chi Minh City and Japan’s Gunma Prefecture inparticular, he said.
Recognising the goodwill for collaboration on the side ofGunma businesses, Phong suggested that the two localities should promptly signa cooperation agreement to better exploit their strengths, including tourism,manufacturing industry, and human resources training.
Showing his impression at the strong and dynamic growth of HoChi Minh City, Masaaki Osawa said that the Gunma delegation’s visit aims to fosterconnections between the two localities, initially in tourism and exchange of traineesin agriculture.
He highlighted that Gunma businesses hope to forge strongeraffiliation with Ho Chi Minh City in information technology, support industry,and developing small and medium-sized enterprises.
Gunma, which is hosting a large number of Vietnamese trainees,hopes to establish new channels to enhance the number and quality of Vietnamesetrainees and apprentices from Ho Chi Minh City working in the Japaneseprefecture, he stated.-VNA
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Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong receives Gunma Governor Masaaki Osawa (Photo: VNA) 
