Vietnam always welcomes businesses from the prefecture of Osaka in Japan to invest in the country, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

On receiving Osaka’s Governor, Toru Hashimoto, in Hanoi on January 22, President Triet confirmed his ongoing support for more cooperation between Osaka and Ho Chi Minh City and urged the Japanese prefecture to expand its ties with other cities and provinces in Vietnam.

The State leader said that Vietnam wishes to step up its comprehensive cooperation with Japan as their bilateral relationship has grown fruitfully and Japan has a huge potential for trade and investment.

Vietnam applauds the commitments made by the Japanese Prime Minister and government in promoting the strategic partnership between the two nations, he said.

Hashimoto said that Osaka attaches importance to fostering cooperative ties with Vietnamese cities and provinces, and that companies from Osaka in particular and Japan in general want to strengthen links with their Vietnamese partners.

Osaka has already opened a representative office in HCM City to promote its trade and investment activities, said the governor.

He informed his host of the outcomes of an earlier seminar between businesses from Osaka and HCM City, saying that Osaka is keen to attract Vietnamese businesses, as well as the rest of the country.

The governor added that Japan and Vietnam ’s relationship had been lifted to a strategic partnership and that the prefecture would like to strengthen ties with localities in Vietnam.

(Source: CPV)