The Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture and the local authorities are co-organising a trade fair beginning on July 25 to connect Vietnamese firms and their potential partners in Kyushu region.
A corner of Kyushu (Source: snowmonkeyresorts.com)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Consulate General inJapan’s Fukuoka Prefecture and the local authorities are co-organising a tradefair beginning on July 25 to connect Vietnamese firms and their potentialpartners in Kyushu region.
Participating in the two-day event are five localities ofVietnam – Hanoi, Hoa Binh, and Tuyen Quang in the north and Thua Thien-Hue andQuang Ngai in the central region. They are joined by Vietnamese and Japanese companiesoperating in the sectors of agriculture, industry, IT, tourism, health,environment, and real estate.
The Vietnamese localities are scheduled to introduce theirstrengths, potentials, and investment attraction policies, while Vietnamesebusinesses are showcasing their products and seeking partnerships.
Dang Hien Luong, Deputy Director of Gia An 115 Hospital anda representative of Hoa Lam Group, which runs a stall at the fair, told the VietnamNews Agency that the group wishes to fortify its cooperation withJapanese partners in improving health services in Vietnam and to seekcollaboration opportunities in new fields such as stem cell transplant, body'simmunity strengthening, and cells rejuvenation.
On the sidelines of the fair, leaders of Vietnamese localities and businesses had meetings with enterprises from Kyushu’s prefectures.
On July 26, the consulate general will hold a forum to promotemultifaceted cooperation between the sides, gathering representatives ofVietnamese and Japanese localities and firms involved as well as the of theVietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Participants willdiscuss chances for joint works in farming, human resources development, IT anddigital transformation./.
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A corner of Kyushu (Source: snowmonkeyresorts.com) 
