Attending the meeting were Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Hoang Minh Cuong; representatives of leaders of the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Finance, Science and Technology, Education and Training, Office of the City People's Committee, Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board and the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association of the city.

On the side of Gunma Prefecture, there were Mr. Mitsutaka Kanazawa, Member of the Prefectural Council; Mr. Koji Itano, Director of the Department of Economic Industry and representatives of agencies, research institutes, universities and nearly 30 typical enterprises of Gunma Prefecture.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Do Thanh Trung and Governor of Gunma Prefecture Ichita Yamamoto signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between the two localities.

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the City People's Committee Do Thanh Trung warmly welcomed Governor Ichita Yamamoto and the delegation to visit and work in Hai Phong. Giving an overview of the potential and position of the city after the merger, the Chairman of the City People's Committee emphasized that Hai Phong currently has an economic scale of nearly 30 billion USD, maintaining double-digit growth for 11 consecutive years and is a major seaport, industrial and logistics center of the country. In particular, the launch of the 6,300-hectare Free Trade Zone is creating a strong motivation for the city to catch up with global high-quality investment capital flows. Affirming that Japan has always been the leading strategic partner with 211 FDI projects with a total investment of about 6.5 billion USD in Hai Phong, the city's leaders expressed their hope that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding will lay a solid foundation for the two localities to realize 4 key areas of cooperation: connecting the supply chain of the manufacturing industry – automobile – supporting industry; cooperation in training high-quality technical human resources; digital transformation and innovation; jointly strengthen people-to-people exchanges and delegation exchanges.

H.E. Mr. Ichita Yamamoto, Governor of Gunma Prefecture, sincerely thanked the leaders of Hai Phong City for their cordial welcome, and emphasized that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding is a new beginning, creating a legal basis and motivation to promote deeper and deeper cooperation and trade between the two localities. Appreciating Hai Phong's synchronous transport infrastructure, deep-water seaport system and modern industrial park chain, the Governor of Gunma Prefecture expressed his desire to strengthen the connection of the business community, promote investment opportunities and gradually form a sustainable supply chain network between the two sides.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Do Thanh Trung gave an overview of the potential and position of Hai Phong after the merger.

With outstanding strengths in the manufacturing industry, automobiles, precision mechanics and many similarities in development orientation, Gunma Prefecture wishes to expand substantive cooperation with Hai Phong, especially in the field of training and supplying high-tech human resources. Governor Ichita Yamamoto said that the delegation brings together many businesses operating in the fields of automobile manufacturing, automation equipment, electrical and electronics, trade and services. Through field visits and surveys at typical production facilities of Hai Phong, especially VinFast Automobile Manufacturing Complex and Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park, Gunma enterprises expect to deeply grasp the business environment to expand investment. participate in the supply chain of large corporations. The Gunma Prefectural Government is committed to creating all favorable conditions and accompanying businesses of the two sides to effectively implement the content of the Memorandum of Understanding, bringing practical benefits to people and businesses.

Mr. Ichita Yamamoto, Governor of Gunma Prefecture, expressed his desire to gradually form a sustainable supply chain network between the two sides.

At the meeting, Chairman of the City People's Committee Do Thanh Trung and Governor of Gunma Prefecture Ichita Yamamoto signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of exchange and cooperation between the People's Committee of Hai Phong City and the Gunma Prefectural Government, opening a new chapter in the friendship partnership. trust between the two localities.