Hanoi, March 27 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has called on Japan's Okayama prefecture to strengthen cooperation with Vietnamese localities, particularly in investment, high technology and other potential fields.

Receiving Governor Ibaragi Ryuta during his working visit to Vietnam on March 27, the minister voiced satisfaction with the robust development and growing political trust of the Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. He hailed the increasingly substantive ties between Okayama and Vietnam, especially through the growing presence of businesses from the Japanese prefecture investing in the Southeast Asian nation.

Trung thanked the governor and authorities of Okayama for their continued support and favo...