Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang received Fukushima City Mayor Kohata Hiroshi

On February 13, 2025, at the Ministry's headquarters, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang received Mr. Kohata Hiroshi, Mayor of Fukushima City, Vice President of the Japan Association of Mayors, and a delegation on a working visit to Vietnam.

Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang received Fukushima City Mayor KOHATA Hiroshi.

Attending the reception, on the Japanese side were Mr. Watanabe Takakazu, Minister Counselor, and Mr. Hiromatsu Mitsutaka, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam; On the Vietnamese side of the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were Ms. Tran Thi Lien Huong, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tu Thanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Local Government, and Mr. Bui Huy Tung, Deputy Chief of the Ministry's Office.

Speaking at the reception, on behalf of the Ministry's leaders, Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang expressed his pleasure to welcome the delegation from Fukushima city, Fukushima province, Japan to visit and work with the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam, and emphasized that this is the first foreign delegation to visit the Ministry of Home Affairs in the new year of At Ty.

The Deputy Minister expressed his hope that the cooperation between the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam and Fukushima will achieve many good results in the coming time. Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang shared information about the functions and tasks of the Ministry of Home Affairs, about the revolution of streamlining the apparatus of the political system taking place in Vietnam today with the requirement of building a modern, transparent political system, for the rapid and sustainable development of Vietnam in the new era, achieving the goal of economic growth and improving people's lives.

Fukushima Mayor's View — Reception scene.

At the reception, Mayor of Fukushima City - Mr. Kohata Hiroshi sincerely thanked the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for their warm welcome and sharing of information with the delegation, and introduced to Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang some relevant information about Fukushima City, the capital of Fukushima Prefecture and the results of the city government in digital transformation, with the result being Fukushima's high ranking in digital transformation in 2024 in Japan.

Mayor Kohata Hiroshi also shared about some prominent social issues in Japan, including the issue of population aging, expressing his hope that in the coming time, in the process of building and implementing cooperative relations with partners in Japan, the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs will pay attention to the possibility of cooperation with Fukushima city.

In response, Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang respectfully thanked the Fukushima city government for its positive policies in recent times, showing its concern for the Vietnamese community living, studying and working in Fukushima; at the same time, he also acknowledged and highly appreciated the highlights, potential and goodwill message of the Mayor of Fukushima city, considering this an important foundation for a number of future cooperation orientations between the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs and local authorities in Japan in general, with Fukushima in particular; continuing to promote cooperation in many fields, especially the prospect of cooperation in providing human resources suitable to the capabilities and needs of each country in the coming time.