A delegation of representatives from the Japan-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation (JVFA) in Sakai, Japan and firms operating in the cityvisited the central province of Binh Dinh on February 5 to promote linksbetween the two localities.

During a meeting with provincialkey officials, JVFA President Hitoshi Kato said there is great potentialfor Binh Dinh to develop many fields such as industry, tourism, andfishing industry.

He committed to providing the Vietnameselocality with more 20 sets of Japanese advanced fishing devices tohelp local fishermen catch ocean tuna meeting the Japanese market’srequirements.

Koritaro Goto from Kohnan Shoji stated that hisfirm – the second largest retailer in terms of turnover in Japan- isconsidering to import Binh Dinh’s commodities, including woodenproducts, interior decoration and garments to distribute in thecompany’s supermarket system in Japan.

Meanwhile, Tsuyoshi Katofrom Sanicon Group said his firm looks to establish ties with BinhDinh in water treatment and manufacture of water-treatment devices.

Representativesfrom Bunrin Gakuin Japanese language school affirmed they will team upwith Binh Dinh’s authorities and Quang Trung University to designJapanese-training programmes in the locality.

Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Ho Quoc Dung stated that the localauthorities will facilitate operations of Kasai businesses andorganisations.

The JVFA in Sakai and Binh Dinh province havepromoted cooperation in many fields between the two localities.Japanese Kato Hitoshi General Office Co Ltd supported the Vietnameselocality in a programme to improve the quality of ocean tune by usingthe Japanese fishing technology.

At present, the two localities are working hard to expand their cooperation in other fields.-VNA