On April 15, 2025, Vice Permanent Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hue city Nguyen Thanh Binh welcomed a delegation of businesses from Fukui prefecture, Japan. The representatives of relevant departments and agencies attended the meeting.
At the meeting, the representative of Fukui prefecture, Japan Sugiyama Mitsuki - the Director General of UPCUL Joint Stock Company expressed his sincere gratitude to Hue city leaders, leaders of departments and agencies for having supported the business trip and looking for cooperation and investment opportunities. Mr. Sugiyama Mitsuki expressed his positive impression of Hue’s recent dynamic growth and improved investment climate.

Director General of UPCUL Joint Stock Company Sugiyama Mitsuki discusses at the meeting
Businesses discussed potential fields which are aligned with Hue city’s development including supporting industry, environmental industry, electronic equipment manufacturing, vocational training, education, training as well as those concerned and appreciated in the coming time.
Director General Sugiyama Mitsuki kindly informed that Fukui prefecture is home to many small and medium businesses running in the fields of manufacturing industry, clean industry and high-tech human resource training. To expand market and find international cooperation opportunities, businesses highly appreciated investment climate in Hue, particularly the potential for human resource training and development in Central Vietnam. Businesses from both Fukui prefecture and Hue city are expected to exchange and cooperate in the time to come.

Vice Permanent Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hue city Nguyen Thanh Binh speaks at the meeting
On behalf of city leader, Vice Permanent Chairman Nguyen Thanh Binh expressed his pleasure to welcome Fukui’s businesses to visit and eye investment opportunities in Hue city. He emphasized that this visit showcased the special friendship between Hue city and Japanese localities in general and between Fukui businesses and Hue in particular.
Hue has established effective cooperative relationships with various Japanese localities and achieved fruitful results in tourism, cultural exchange and people-to-people exchanges.
Vice Permanent Chairman Nguyen Thanh Binh affirmed that Hue city’s leaders are ready to support investors during searching for cooperative opportunities. The city leaders informed local advantages such as transport linkage, comprehensive planning, infrastructure and high-quality human resource training to meet the demand of domestic and foreign investors.
Vice Permanent Chairman Nguyen Thanh Binh wished Japanese businesses, investors and Fukui businesses to care and choose Hue city as a promising investment destination in the future. According to the city leader, Hue prioritizes attracting investors investing in processing industry, high-tech sectors, logistics services, machine manufacturing, textile, information technology infrastructure and digital transformation. These sectors are appropriate with local sustainable and modern development goals in new era.
Vice Permanent Chairman Nguyen Thanh Binh also expressed his hope for further connections and cooperation in the coming time. The two parties would exploit their potentials, strengths to enhance collaboration in investment, trade, tourism, education and technology transfer. This relation would not only contribute to accelerating socio-economic development, but also tighten Vietnam - Japan friendship.

At the meeting