There are leaders joined: Dinh Cong Thuc - Member of Provincial Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Inspection Commission; Duong Hoang Huong - Provincial Commissioner, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thanh Hai - Provincial Commissioner, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

7th Local authorities Conference of East Asia region in 2016 with the participation of Local authorities delegations of countries: Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. The conference had the topics: Development community and regional; agriculture and regional economic development. Phu Tho delegation attended the topics of agriculture and regional economic development.

Expressing at the conference, Mr. Bui Van Quang has introduced the general situation and basic problems of agriculture in Phu Tho province, which states: Phu Tho is a province in the North mountainous region of Vietnam; the Ancestral Land, Vietnam ethnic origin with 02 cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity, that is: Worship of Hung Kings belief and Xoan singing. Presentation of Phu Tho delegation was appreciated highly by chairperson and members who attended the conference.

In the working process, Mr.Bui Van Quang and Phu Tho delegation held a talks with authority leaders of Nara province. Mr.Tran Duc Binh - Vietnam Consulate General in Osaka also attended with Phu Tho delegation.

In the warmly atmosphere of friendship, the two leaders reviewed the content which has implemented of the cooperation agreement signed between the two provinces; in particular, focus on the content of cooperation and development on economic, education and training, social culture and exchanging high-level visits. At the same time, Phu Tho delegation asked Nara province to continue creat condition and introduce the internal and external investors of Nara province to invest in Phu Tho province, which focuses on the manufacturing sector with high added value, large turnover exporter in the industrial complexs of the province. Introduction of Nara tourists to Phu Tho and organize the tours that help students of Nara participate picnic activities in Phu Tho, thereby introducing the tourism potential of the province. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai - Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, on behalf of delegation, presented the situation of agriculture production and high-tech applications of the province. At the same time, Phu Tho delegation heard the representative of Nara province introduce of hi-tech agricultural , which presents a model of planting strawberries. With the introduction of modern technologies in production, strawberries planted and thrived in the harsh winter, brings many benefits and avoid pathogens arise from the ground; Time to harvest shortened by 3 weeks.

Mr. Namikoshi - Deputy Governor of Nara province welcomed high-level delegation of Phu Tho province to attend the 7th Local authorities Conference of East Asia region. Expressing satisfaction about the cooperation more and more goodly between the two provinces in recent time. He said that with the collaboration effort, both provinces will have new developments, particularly in the field of high-tech agriculture. Also, Nara will be more active in implementing the signed content. Actively seeking and introducing investors of Nara and other locations in Japan to learn and carry out investments in Phu Tho.

Also in the work program, the delegation had a working session with the Vietnam Embassy in Tokyo and the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka. Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong and Consul General was cordially received and exchange of information with the delegation. At the working sessions, Phu Tho delegation suggested Vietnam representative diplomatic offices in Japan to support Phu Tho province in the process of promoting the expansion of partnerships with Japanese’s businesses, investors and localities to invest in the province's industrial parks; investment and development in the field of tourism and services; Supporting province to choose some local which have some similarities, strength on economic, scientific and technical to expand friendly cooperative relations to promote economic- social development of Phu Tho. Ambassador and Consul General highly agreed with the recommended contents and will introduce, promote and create favorable conditions for Phu Tho to access to Japanese’s investors and enterprises.

Xuan Chuong