Ambassador calls for more investment from Japan’s Tochigi prefecture
An investment promotion seminar was held in Tochigi prefecture of Japan on June 5 under the chair of Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu and Tochigi Deputy Governor Suenaga Hiroyuki.
The meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu and Tochigi Governor Fukuda Tomikazu on June 5. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – An investment promotion seminar was held in Tochigi prefectureof Japan on June 5 under the chair of Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham QuangHieu and Tochigi Deputy Governor Suenaga Hiroyuki.
Highlightingthe two countries’ sound cooperation, Hieu expressed his hope thatTochigi will step up partnerships with and investment in Vietnam in the hightechnology sector as well as the fields in which the Southeast Asian nation hasgreat demand such as semiconductor and fuel cell industries, logistics, health care,and labour cooperation.
Participantsin the event spoke highly of Vietnam’s potential, noting that Vietnamese workerstrained in Japan are gradually meeting high requirements from Japanesebusinesses and they will be the main source of manpower for Tochigi firms to expandoperations in Vietnam.
The sameday, Hieu had a meeting with Tochigi Governor Fukuda Tomikazu.
They notedwith satisfaction that the Vietnam - Japan relationship is now at its prime,and collaboration between Tochigi and Vietnamese localities is also thriving,especially since Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to the prefecture in2021.
Hieu held that there remains huge potential for Tochigi’s ties with Vietnam to grow further, adding he hopesthe prefecture’s leaders will promote the signing of cooperation deals with theMinistry of Planning and Investment and Vinh Phuc province of Vietnam.
The diplomatalso suggested the two sides strengthen links in the fields matching Tochigi’sstrength and Vietnam’s demand and potential.
Also onJune 5, Hieu and Fukuda attended a ceremony marking theestablishment of the Tochigi office of the FPT Japan Joint Stock Company.
The ambassadorhailed the success of FPT Japan, which has invested in Japan since 2005 and nowopens its 15th branch in the Northeast Asian country in Tochigi.
He hoped that Vietnamese IT companies in Japan, including FPT, will grow morestrongly and cooperate fruitfully with Japanese partners to contribute to thedevelopment of the IT industry as well as Tochigi and other Japaneselocalities, and also help bring the successful technologies and IT applicationsin Japan to Vietnam to help with the homeland’s socio-economic development./.
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The meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu and Tochigi Governor Fukuda Tomikazu on June 5. (Photo: VNA) 
