Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh (4th, from right) presenting flowers and gifts to units at the art program

The art program is part of a series of events "Vietnam - Japan Cultural Day in Thua Thien Hue province" organized by the Vietnam - Japan Friendship Association of Thua Thien Hue province.

Mr. Yakabe Yoshinori, Consul General of Japan in Da Nang, along with representatives of friendship organizations of the two countries, leaders of departments and a large audience attended the program.

Standing Vice Chairman Nguyen Thanh Binh said that in recent times, Thua Thien Hue has always had a very close and effective relationship with Japanese partners, making an important contribution to promoting extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan for peace and prosperity in Asia.

Thua Thien Hue is one of the few localities trusted and chosen by the Japanese Royal Family as the destination of the King, Queen, Crown Prince, and Prince of Japan during official visits to Vietnam.

In addition, Thua Thien Hue province has established many effective cooperative relationships with many Japanese localities such as Kyoto, Gifu, Nara provinces, and Yokohama city and achieved many good results in many fields such as tourism development, cultural exchange, people-to-people diplomacy, etc.

Regarding economic cooperation, Japan is one of the donors with the largest official development assistance (ODA) capital for Thua Thien Hue province; Many Japanese businesses and investors are increasingly interested in implementing many projects and effective production and business activities locally.

“2023 is an important year, marking a new milestone in relations between Vietnam and Japan in general and Thua Thien Hue province with Japanese partners in particular. We believe that with the attention of the two countries and the united efforts of the two peoples, the strong cooperative relationship between the two countries and peoples will continue to develop,” Standing Vice Chairman Nguyen Thanh Binh affirmed.

One of the performances at the art program