Hanoi, April 16 -- Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra on April 16 met with Honna Hitoshi, President and CEO of Japan's erex Co., Ltd., highlighting the value of practical international cooperation programmes like the one with erex in enhancing the quality of Vietnam's civil service. Tra highly valued the training programme jointly implemented since 2022 by Vietnam's Ministry of Home Affairs and erex, which focuses on enhancing public administration capacity, particularly for grassroots officials, young civil servants and female cadres. Through the initiative, nearly 300 local-level officials and leaders from Vietnam have been sent to Japan for training and professional development. She noted that the programme has deli...