HCM City, Japan’s Aichi prefecture boost cooperation
Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Secretary Dinh La Thang hoped that Japan’s Aichi prefecture will work with Ho Chi Minh City, where the investment climate has improved and young labour is abundant, to develop the support industry.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Secretary Dinh La Thang (L) presents a gift to the Governor of Aichi prefecture (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Secretary Dinh LaThang hoped that Japan’s Aichi prefecture will work with Ho Chi Minh City, wherethe investment climate has improved and young labour is abundant, to developthe support industry.
He expressed his wish during a meeting with Governor of Aichi prefectureHideaki Ohmura on April 11 as part of his ten-day visit to Japan.
Vietnam wants to develop the support and automobile industries to boost thecountry’s position in the global value chain while Aichi prefecture boasts strengthsin equipment manufacturing, he said.
Lauding Aichi’s infrastructure projects under the public-private partnership(PPP) model, Thang said he was impressed with how Japanese locality mobilisedprivate capital for public projects.
He said that Ho Chi Minh City can learn from Aichi.
Based on the friendship between Vietnam and Japan as well as sound cooperationbetween Ho Chi Minh City and Aichi, Thang hoped that Aichi leaders will createfavourable conditions for Vietnamese expats who are working and studying in thelocality.
The Vietnamese southern hub will facilitate Japanese investment in the city, headded.
For his part, Governor Ohmura affirmed that Aichi is willing to support Ho ChiMinh City in PPP projects.
He wished for better collaboration between the two localities while hoping thatHo Chi Minh City will be a base for Aichi businesses to develop in Asia.
The same day, Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee LeThanh Liem and the city’s officials studied PPP projects in the prefecture,including the Kariya Highway Oasis- a highway stop area on the IsewanganExpressway, Chita Peninsula toll road, Chubu international airport and AichiInternational Exhibition Centre.
Located in central Japan, Aichi prefecture is home to some of the country’sleading industrial groups like Toyota, Asin Seiki and Denso.-VNA
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Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Secretary Dinh La Thang (L) presents a gift to the Governor of Aichi prefecture (Photo: VNA) 
