Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung on November 25 received Yamamoto Ichita, Governor of Japan’s Gunma prefecture, who is in Viet Nam to attend the first Viet Nam–Japan Local Cooperation Forum.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for Governor of Gunma prefecture Yamamoto Ichita in Ha Noi on October 21, calling on the Japanese locality to expand investment in Viet Nam.