(VOVworld) - Japan is willing to provide support and cooperate with Vietnam in high-tech agriculture, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko told Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Highly valuing the assistance Japan has given to Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, Hai proposed Japan continue to provide ODA to Vietnam and the city. He also affirmed Ho Chi Minh City’s determination to create favorable conditions for Japanese enterprises to operate in the city in a stable and long-term manner.

On the same day, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation paid a courtesy call to Jsao Lijima, special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who reported that the Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nishikawa Koya would soon visit Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City. The special advisor also asked for the prompt implementation of cooperation projects with Vietnam and the city in agriculture.