Vietnam and Japan promote culture and tourism exchanges

The strengthening of Vietnam-Japan culture and tourism cooperation dominated the working session between the Vietnam Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and Japan-Vietnam good-will ambassador Sugi Ryotaro on April 15th in Hanoi.
Minister Hoang Tuan Anh highly appreciated the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in this field and pointed out that Japan has so far created favourable conditions for youths of different countries to visit and have exchanges with young Japanese people. Besides, Japan also has much experience of preservation of historical relics.
The Vietnamese Minister asked Japan to continue assisting Vietnam with the project on Thang Long Royal Citadel Preservation. He also encouraged the Japan Embassy in Vietnam to actively participate in activities marking the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, such as 1,000th year Thang Long-Hanoi Football Cup, International Puppetry Festival and International Film Festival.
Minister Hoang Tuan Anh also hoped that Vietnam and Japan would carry out specific activities to further promote bilateral cooperation in culture and tourism.
For his part, Japan-Vietnam good-will ambassador Sugy Ryotaro agreed on the host’s suggestion and recommended measures to increase the number of Japanese tourists to Vietnam. He said Ibaragi province of Japan might send students of 12th grade to Vietnam to explore the country’s culture and tradition.
Minister Hoang Tuan Anh welcomed the suggestion by the good-will ambassador.