A meeting to mark the 40 th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic
ties was held in the southern city of Can Tho on October 29.
At the meeting, participants highlighted the city’s
achievement in drawing investment from Japan to the fields of
agriculture, aquaculture, environment, education and climate change over
the recent past.
Japan ’s projects have
greatly contributed to promoting local socio-economic development as
well as the friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two
countries, they added.
During the 2011-2013
period, Japan aided the city in developing an environmental
surveillance and natural disaster warning system.
Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee Le Hung Dung spoke
highly of the flourishing friendship between the two peoples, and the
two sides’ strategic partnership, and said he hoped Japanese businesses
will continue their investment in and support to the city and other
Vietnamese localities in the coming time.
Hida
Harumitsu, Japanese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, voiced his hope
that the friendship and mutual understanding between the two sides will
be boosted, creating favourable conditions for the development of the
two sides’ firms.-VNA