Japan's most populous province wants a Vietnamese consulate general

On his sixth visit to Vietnam, Governor of Aichi Prefecture (Japan) Omura Hideaki hopes that Vietnam will open a consulate general here, increase flight frequency, and open new routes.

Tỉnh đông người Việt nhất Nhật Bản muốn có tổng lãnh sự quán Việt Nam - Ảnh 1. — *Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (right) receives Governor of Aichi Prefecture Omura Hideaki - Photo: VGP*

According to VNA, not long after the approval on the afternoon of August 26, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had his first meeting with an international guest at the Government headquarters. That was the meeting with Governor of Aichi Prefecture Omura Hideaki, who is on a working visit to Vietnam. At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son welcomed Governor Omura Hideaki's sixth visit to Vietnam. Appreciating the cooperation between Aichi Prefecture and ministries, sectors and localities of Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the Vietnamese Government attaches great importance to strengthening cooperation between localities of the two countries, considering this a pillar in the overall relationship between the two countries. He also appreciated and thanked the efforts of the Governor and the Aichi Prefecture government in creating favorable conditions for nearly 60,000 Vietnamese people living, studying and working in the province. He also suggested that Aichi Prefecture expand the reception of Vietnamese interns and workers to work, contributing to the province's socio-economic development, helping Vietnam train high-quality human resources, serving the cause of industrialization and modernization. Regarding trade and investment, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs suggested that Aichi Prefecture continue to pay attention to and encourage businesses to invest more in Vietnam, especially in areas where the province has strengths such as automobile manufacturing, railways, aviation, and high-tech agriculture. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Government is making efforts to perfect institutions and reform administration to create favorable conditions for Japanese businesses to successfully invest and do business in Vietnam. On this occasion, Mr. Bui Thanh Son also suggested that Aichi Prefecture support and create favorable conditions when Vietnamese airlines increase frequency and open new routes to Aichi Prefecture, contributing to promoting trade, investment, connectivity, and people-to-people exchange between the province and localities of Vietnam.

Tỉnh đông người Việt nhất Nhật Bản muốn có tổng lãnh sự quán Việt Nam - Ảnh 2. — *Overview of the meeting on the afternoon of August 26 - Photo: VGP*

For his part, Governor Omura Hideaki of Aichi congratulated Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on being elected by the National Assembly to the position of Deputy Prime Minister, expressing his delight at being the first international guest to be received by the Deputy Prime Minister. Regarding cooperation activities with Vietnam, Governor Omura Hideaki said that Aichi Prefecture has signed a memorandum of understanding on investment promotion with the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam, and a memorandum of understanding on friendly cooperation with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. Also during his visit to Vietnam, Mr. Omura Hideaki worked with the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and airlines Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet to discuss cooperation opportunities between Aichi Prefecture and Vietnam in the fields of transportation and investment. According to Governor Omura Hideaki, there are currently about 200 enterprises headquartered in Aichi Prefecture investing in Vietnam, ranking first among Japanese localities with enterprises investing in Vietnam. Aichi Prefecture is also home to about 60,000 Vietnamese people, the largest Vietnamese community in Japan, even larger than Tokyo (about 54,000 people). For that reason, Governor of Aichi Omura Hideaki hopes that the Vietnamese Government will consider opening a consulate general in Nagoya City and encourage airlines to increase flight frequency and open new routes to this prefecture.

On his sixth visit to Vietnam, Governor of Aichi Prefecture (Japan) Omura Hideaki hopes that Vietnam will open a consulate general here, increase flight frequency, and open new routes.

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