President hosts Governor of Japan's Fukuoka prefecture

The Vietnamese State leader underscored the significance of the visit, which would contribute to further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world between Viet Nam and Japan.

Commending the fruitful collaboration between Ha Noi and Fukuoka, he expressed his hope for the continued development of new and more effective cooperation programs during the visit.

The President suggested the Governor facilitate people-to-people exchanges between Viet Nam and Japan and betwween the capital city of Ha Noi and Fukuoka, especially holiday tourism for Japanese students to visit Viet Nam and vice versa.

In addition to encouraging Japanese businesses and those from Fukuoka to expand their operations in Viet Nam, he emphasized the importance of partnership with Vietnamese firms, especially in the areas of their strength such as highly skilled workforce training.

The President wished that leaders of Fukuoka would continue providing the best conditions for Vietnamese people and welcoming more Vietnamese to the country for study and working in the near future.

The Governor, for his part, said Fukuoka and Ha Noi would continue discussing and launching new cooperation programs during his visit.

Alongside friendly cooperative activities, Fukuoka has focused on people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, especially fostering exchanges with Vietnamese who are studying and living in the prefecture, he said.

Expressing his desire to further enhance cooperation and exchange activities across various fields between Fukuoka and Ha Noi, he looked forward to receiving support from the President in this endeavor./.