Thang shared sympathy for losses that Japanese people suffered after the recent earthquake and emphasized that Vietnam in general and HCM City in particular always attached much importance to fostering deep and wide cooperation relations with Japan.

The City is opening door to Japanese businesses and call on them to invest in climate change response, anti-flooding and transport infrastructure development projects, Thang said.

For his part, MrIijima said after the meeting Japan would present some small sized fire trucks to the city.