Welcoming Mr. Nishimura Teiichi and the delegation of the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Association in the Kansai region to visit Vietnam on the occasion of the Association's 30th anniversary, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated and thanked the Association for its valuable sentiments and effective contributions to many practical activities for Vietnam over the past 30 years, including its attention and creation of favorable conditions for the community of more than 100,000 Vietnamese people living and studying in the Kansai region.
Pleased to see the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership develop well in all fields in recent times, the Prime Minister said that the Vietnam-Japan relationship has high political trust. Japan continues to be Vietnam's number 1 partner in ODA cooperation (with about 23 billion USD by the end of fiscal year 2024) and labor cooperation, the third largest investor, and the fourth largest trade and tourism partner of Vietnam, with a total trade turnover of the two countries reaching 48.18 billion USD.
Along with that, cooperation in science and technology, innovation and training of high-quality human resources is a new pillar that is being actively promoted by the two countries. Local cooperation, people-to-people exchange and cultural exchange are increasingly vibrant, close and close. The Vietnamese community in Japan has reached more than 630,000 people and there are currently more than 2,000 Japanese enterprises investing and doing business in Vietnam.
Appreciating the role and importance of the Kansai region in Japan-Vietnam relations, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that investment by businesses in the Kansai region accounts for 30% of Japan's total investment capital in Vietnam and trade accounts for about 25% of the two countries' trade turnover. Kansai is the region with the most vibrant cooperative relations with Vietnamese localities in Japan, with over 10 pairs of friendly cooperative relations with Vietnamese localities.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked Mr. Nishimura Teiichi and the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Kansai region to continue to pay attention to, support, and promote the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to develop more effectively and substantially.
In particular, calling on Japanese enterprises in general and the Kansai region in particular to invest in Vietnam, especially in the fields of processing industry, supporting industry, high-tech agriculture, biotechnology, digital transformation, green transformation... associated with technology transfer; promoting exchange activities, delegation exchanges to strengthen economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges such as organizing cherry blossom festivals in Vietnam; expanding local cooperation in the Kansai region with localities of Vietnam.
Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Kansai region, Nishimura Teiichi, sincerely thanked the Prime Minister for taking the time to receive the delegation; he said that in the 30 years since its establishment, the Association has always been active in fostering the increasingly good development of Japan-Vietnam relations.
The Association has advocated and supported the establishment of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka; actively connected businesses of the two countries, supported and promoted Japanese businesses to invest in Vietnam; organized many activities to promote Vietnam, cultural and sports exchanges, and support Vietnamese students living in Kansai...
The Association's Chairman said that he will continue to make efforts to support the introduction and promotion of Vietnam's potential, advantages, and cooperation and investment opportunities to Japanese businesses, investors, and partners; hoping that the Government and the Prime Minister will pay attention to and support these activities, contributing to the further development of the relationship between the two countries.
Responding to a number of requests from members of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Kansai region and affirming that the Vietnamese Government is ready to create all favorable conditions for Japanese enterprises in general and the Kansai region in particular to successfully invest and do business in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Kansai region to continue promoting cooperation in science and technology, training high-quality human resources through strengthening connections between training facilities, universities, and research institutes in the Kansai region and Vietnam; and continuing to care for and support the Vietnamese community studying, working, and living in Kansai.
Recalling previous meetings with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in different positions, Mr. Nishimura Teiichi and members of the delegation said that they will continue to work with the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Kansai region to call on Japanese enterprises to cooperate and invest in Vietnam; promote local cooperation; expand cooperation in human resource training and other areas of cooperation as the Prime Minister has commented./.
Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-de-nghi-mo-rong-hop-tac-vung-kansai-nhat-ban-voi-cac-dia-phuong-cua-viet-nam-20251103190046710.htm
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