On March 13 in Hanoi, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha hold a reception to work and present the medal for the cause of natural resources and environment to Yasuo FUJITA, Chief Representative of JICA Office in Vietnam.
ccording to Minister Tran Hong Ha, Yasuo Fujita has significant contributions in bringing JICA's cooperation with Vietnam in general and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in particular to become more diversified and effective.
As JICA Chief Representative is about to endhis term in Vietnam, Minister Tran Hong Ha wishedhimand his family good health and success on the new assignment. Minister hopedregardless of his new position, Yasuo Fujita will spend his warm sentiment to Vietnam and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Minister Tran Hong Ha also presented the medal "For the cause of Natural Resources and Environment" to Yasuo Fujita for his contributions to the field of environmental protection and response to climate change in Vietnam.
Responding to the sentiments of MONRE for him, Yasuo Fujita said he would always bring in his good feelings. Yasuo Fujita also presented to his Minister his successor and wished that MONRE would always cooperate actively and look forward to receiving the close cooperation of Tetsuo Konaka - JICA new Representative in Viet Nam.
According to Yasuo Fujita, before his arrival in Vietnam, JICA's new Representative in Viet Nam - Tetsuo Konaka is Head of the Partnership and Finance Departmentfor Private Sector of JICA. He also served as Chief Representative of JICA Office in China from October 2013 to October 2015. With its experience, JICA is confident of the new term of JICA new Representative in Vietnam - Tetsuo Konaka.
The panorama of the meeting
Welcoming Tetsuo Konaka, Minister Tran Hong Ha believed that JICA new ChiefRepresentative would absorb JICA’s great achievements in Vietnam in recent years. The Minister expected JICA new Chief Representative to continue to promote and develop new directions for cooperation with Vietnam in general as well as with MONRE in particular. The Minister wished the new Representative of JICA a successful term of co-operation with MONRE.
Expressing his gratitude to Minister Tran Hong Ha for receiving and working with his predecessor, Tetsuo Konaka promised to further promote the cooperation between the two sides. JICA would continue its activities with MONRE in environmental protection and response to climate change under the two governments' agreement. At the meeting on March 13, Minister Tran Hong Ha and leaders of JICA in Vietnam also discussed about the cooperation programs of the two sides in the coming time such as implementing ODA projects funded by the Government of Japan to support Vietnam including natural resources and environment; Implementation Plan for the Paris Climate Change Agreement; environmental pollution in Hanoi and some big cities; suppot programs in response to climate change...
Viet Hung (photo: Hoang Minh)