An investment, trade and tourism promotion conference to boost cooperation between the north-central province of Thanh Hoa and Japan opened in Tokyo on November 22.
Secretary of the Thanh Hoa provincial Party Committee Do Trong Hung talks with Japanese investors, businesses (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) 🐈– An investment, trade and tourism promotion conferenceto boost cooperation between the north-central province of Thanh Hoa and Japanopened in Tokyo on November 22.
Co-organised by a high-level working delegation ofThanh Hoa province, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, the Japan External TradeOrganisation (JETRO) and the ASEAN – Japan Centre, the event is part of a series tomark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations betweenVietnam and Japan. Addressing the event, Secretary of the Thanh Hoa provincialParty Committee Do Trong Hung said that in the province’s development planduring 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045, Thanh Hoa aims to become a new growth hub,together with Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Quang Ninh. He emphasised that the province highly values theprestige, role and importance of foreign investors, especially those from Japan.Currently, the province has set up a Japanese support department (JAPAN DESK) andit is perfecting the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association in the province inorder to strengthen investment, trade and tourism promotion between the two sides. The official affirmed that Thanh Hoa always welcomes Japanese investors with not only many incentives but also specific efforts such as improving transportation infrastructure, human resources quality, administrative procedures as well as quality of services. Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu expressed his hope thatthrough the event, Japanese investors will have a better understanding of the investment and business environment in Thanh Hoa. On the occasion, the delegation also paid acourtesy visit to Nikai Toshihiro, former General Secretary of the LiberalDemocratic Party (LDP) of Japan and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam ParliamentaryFriendship Alliance, and had working sessions with the JETRO leadership and representatives of largeenterprises investing in Thanh Hoa province such as Sumitomo Group and IdemitsuGroup. Hung and Niigata Hanazumi Governor Hideyo signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two localities on a bilateral cooperation anddevelopment plan in the medium and long term./.
The Nghi Son 2 thermal power project is a typical work of cooperation between the north central province of Thanh Hoa and Japan, stated Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Kunio Umeda.
President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse will pay an official visit to Japan from November 27 – 30 at the invitation of the Japanese State, said a communiqué of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 22./.
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Secretary of the Thanh Hoa provincial Party Committee Do Trong Hung talks with Japanese investors, businesses (Photo: VNA) 
