At the meeting, Chuong showed his delight to welcome the delegation, while briefing his guests on the socio-economic situation in the locality.

He said that in investment attraction, Hoa Binh has been working to improve its investment and business environment to provide better conditions for enterprises, including those from Japan, to effectively operate their programmes and projects.

In the coming time, the province hopes to receive more investment and support from the government as well as investors of Japan, he said, describing it as an important resource contributing to boosting the locality’s growth.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, leaders of the provincial People’s Committee extended New Year wishes to the delegation of Minister Okabe Daisuke from the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam.

For his part, Okabe Daisuke thanked leaders of Hoa Binh for their warm welcome, while showing his good impression in his first visit to the province.

He mentioned two projects funded by the Japanese Government, which are underway in HoaBinh, including the non-refundable project to build infrastructure system for Bui village and Yen Phu commune’s primary school in Lac Son district, and anther to provide medical equipment to the health sector of Hoa Binh.

Since 1992, the Japanese Government has launched about 630 non-refundable projects at the local level in Vietnam with a total investment of over 53 million USD.

Providing information of principle, content and requirements of non-refundable programmes from the Japanese Government, the Japanese diplomat suggested that the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh continue to coordinate closely with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam to further promote the resource, thus attracting more investment for Hoa Binh in following years.

The two sides discussed a number of issues related to investment attraction and operation of Japanese firms in Hoa Binh, as well as the efficiency of the assistance and the strengthening of management over activities of Vietnamese students in Japan.

They agreed to coordinate closely and effectively to lift up their partnership to a new height in the future./.

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