Expressing his delight at the robust and comprehensive growth of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan in recent years, Vu emphasised that Japan is Vietnam's top economic cooperation partner across various fields such as official development assistance (ODA), investment, trade, labour, tourism, locality-to-locality cooperation, and people-to-people exchange.
Commending the Vietnam's development and the countries’ relationship over the years, chairman of the alliance Murano Seiichi said he wants to enhance effective and substantive collaboration between Kobe and Vietnamese localities, including Ha Nam and Quang Ninh provinces, Hai Phong city, particularly in economics, investment, trade, and cultural and people-to-people exchange.
Kobe is willing to create favourable conditions to receive outstanding Vietnamese individuals to study and work in the city and hopes to strengthen tourism cooperation with Vietnam by establishing a direct flight route connecting the two
Acknowledging positive contributions and support from the alliance, Vu suggested that it encourage Kobe's businesses to invest in areas of Vietnam’s interest like manufacturing, high-tech agriculture, processing, and farm produce export-import.
The alliance, established in 2019, is the first of its kind in the prefecture, with the number of its members amounting to 36 out of Kobe’s 65 parliamentarians.
Vietnam treasures cooperative ties with EU and its members: PM
Vietnam always treasures cooperative ties with the European Union (EU) and its member states, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told President of the European Council (EC) Charles Michel at their meeting on October 10 on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in Vientiane, Laos.