Nghe An province delegation conducts many investment promotion activities in Japan
(Baonghean.vn) - As part of the program of visiting and working in Japan, from November 9-10, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the delegation of Nghe An province had meetings with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and worked with a number of Japanese organizations and enterprises.
On the morning of November 9, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu and the delegation of Nghe An province visited and worked with the Embassy of Japan. The delegation was received by comrade Pham Quang Hieu - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Japan and representatives of relevant departments of the Embassy.
Before going to work, the delegation offered incense to the spirit of President Ho Chi Minh at the Embassy headquarters.
At the meeting, Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu said he was very pleased to welcome the delegation of Nghe An province to visit and work in Japan. The Ambassador shared that since May 2023, Japan has completely lifted Covid-19 restrictions, so trade and delegation exchanges have been carried out more smoothly. The Ambassador highly appreciated the working programs of Vietnamese localities with foreign countries. Nghe An is a key province with relations with Japan, the officers and staff of the Embassy are always ready to support the province in the fields of trade, investment, science and technology, human resource training, both promoting people-to-people exchange and promoting investment attraction. Currently, Japan's population is in the process of aging, so training Vietnamese human resources, especially Nghe An province for Japan, is of great concern.
Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu personally thanked Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu and the staff working at the Embassy for creating favorable conditions and supporting Nghe An province to organize a working trip to Japan. The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee introduced the socio-economic development situation of Nghe An province in 2022 and the first 9 months of 2023, the cooperation situation between Nghe An province and Japanese partners; at the same time, he requested the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to support Nghe An province in promoting the image of the homeland and people of Nghe An, connecting Japanese businesses interested in Nghe An. Currently, Nghe An province wants to have ODA projects from Japan on agriculture, natural disaster prevention, and poverty reduction. In addition, he requested the Embassy to pay attention to supporting Nghe An workers in Japan.
The Ambassador shared that currently, Japanese investment in Vietnam is concentrated in large provinces and cities and is not evenly distributed across localities, while the demand from localities is also significant. Currently, most companies in Japan are small and medium-sized, but they account for 90% of the national economy. Localities should know how to make the most of investment from these small and medium-sized companies.
Nghe An province can consult and coordinate with the trade department of the Embassy and the Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to organize exchange and cooperation activities. Through festivals, localities can combine to organize forums to promote investment, trade and labor or conferences to meet businesses.
On the morning of November 10, the delegation of Nghe An province worked with the ASEAN-Japan Center (AJC). Attending the meeting were Mr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi - Secretary General of AJC and heads of departments of the Center.
The AJC is an intergovernmental organization established by the ASEAN member countries and Japan in 1981. The Center is tasked with promoting exports from ASEAN member countries to Japan, as well as promoting investment and tourism; human resource exchange between ASEAN member countries and Japan through conferences, seminars, capacity building programs, policy research and analysis, cultural diplomacy events, publishing and information services, and many other activities.
Mr. Kunihiko was very pleased to welcome the Nghe An delegation and shared that Vietnam is currently the country with the most joint activities with the AJC Center among Southeast Asian countries. He highly appreciated the positivity of localities in proactively seeking investment opportunities and labor exchange.
At the meeting, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu expressed his joy and gratitude to the leaders and officers of AJC for taking the time to receive the delegation of Nghe An province. The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee introduced the socio-economic situation of Nghe An province, the cooperation situation between Nghe An and Japanese partners in 2022 and the first 9 months of 2023. In addition, the head of the delegation also introduced the potential, advantages, environment and investment orientation of Nghe An province to attract foreign enterprises. Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu proposed that the ASEAN - Japan Center support Nghe An province to organize an investment promotion conference to Japan in Nghe An in 2024 and connect to invite Japanese enterprises to visit and survey the investment environment of Nghe An province.
The AJC center also committed that, through the connection of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, it will accompany and support Nghe An province in connecting Japanese enterprises to invest in Nghe An province, focusing on areas such as: developing advanced technology, human resource exchange, logistics, etc.
In the afternoon of the same day, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu and the delegation worked with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The delegation was received by Mr. Egami Masahiko - Head of Southeast Asia Department.
Nghe An province has been supported by JICA to implement a number of projects including: Technical cooperation project on Agricultural Development Planning of Nghe An province; Project on diversifying livelihoods based on heritage tourism in agricultural and fishing villages; Project on restoring and sustainably managing protective forests of Nghe An province; Project on restoring and upgrading the Northern irrigation system and Project on surveying and verifying SDGs business with the private sector to develop the value chain for Sanuki garlic in Nghe An province. These projects have brought great efficiency in the process of socio-economic development of Nghe An province.
Sharing at the meeting, Mr. Egami Masahiko said that in the field of agriculture, in December 2020, the High-Level Dialogue on Agriculture between Japan and Vietnam was held to propose a medium and long-term plan for agricultural development in Southeast Asian countries. In particular, Nghe An province is one of the pilot localities selected by JICA to focus on agricultural production. Along with that, the exchange of JICA experts and volunteers to Vietnam is also of great interest.
Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu informed the representatives of JICA about the development situation of Nghe An province, especially the agricultural sector. He also proposed to JICA the following contents: Approve the investment study of the Project to Restore and Upgrade the Southern Nghe An Irrigation System in the period of 2022 - 2026; Continue to support and introduce Japanese enterprises to learn about and cooperate in investing in Nghe An in all fields of agricultural processing, wood processing, etc., contributing to improving the economic efficiency and competitiveness of Nghe An agricultural products; Support enterprises in implementing projects to transfer new and advanced technologies and products in agriculture similar to the Ky Son Garlic project; Pay attention to supporting the digital transformation, digitalization of the agricultural sector, and response to climate change to help Nghe An gradually modernize the agricultural sector and develop rural areas.
