VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh encouraged local cooperation between Vietnam and Japan, calling on localities and businesses from both countries to actively implement concrete projects, expand investment, and strengthen cultural exchanges, during his reception for Yamamoto Ichita, Governor of Gunma Prefecture.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 14 for visiting Governor of Gunma prefecture Yamamoto Ichita and representatives of 25 businesses from the Japanese locality.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government attaches great importance to stepping up cooperation, considering it a substantial and effective channel to strengthen collaboration in investment, trade, labour and people-to-people exchange.

The central city of Da Nang always attaches great importance to developing ties with Japan and its localities, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang told Governor of Japan’s Gunma prefecture Yamamoto Ichita at a meeting on August 5.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to locality-to-locality cooperation with Japan while receiving Governor of Japan’s Gunma prefecture Yamamoto Ichita in Hanoi on August 3.

VOV.VN - Japan continues to be the nation’s leading economic partner, the number one ODA donor, the third major investor, and the fourth largest trading partner.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh had meetings with the Governors of Kanagawa Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, Yuji Kuroiwa and Ichita Yamamoto, respectively on May 25 as part of his ongoing trip to Japan.