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| Vietnamese and Japanese construction experts discussed issues related to construction technologies and standards, sustainable urban development and high-quality human resources at a conference in Hanoi on September 26. — Photo Bnews.vn |
HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Vietnamese and Japanese construction experts discussed issues related to construction technologies and standards, sustainable urban development and high-quality human resources at a conference in Hanoi on September 26.
During the 6th Vietnam-Japan Conference on Construction (VJCC) co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), participants put forward orientations for cooperation between the two countries in managing investment, cost and quality of construction projects.
In his speech at the event, Deputy Minister of Construction Le Quang Hung affirmed Japan is the leading economic partner and the largest provider of bilateral official development assistance (ODA) for Viet Nam.
The two countries have worked together on many great ODA projects in infrastructure and energy, effectively contributing to Vietnam's socio-economic development, he said.
The two sides have coordinated in promoting exchange of all-level visits and organising the VJCC periodically to share experience in construction technology, quality management of construction work, water supply and waste and waste water treatment, as well as eco-city development and human resources development, he noted.
According to Pham Thi Hong My, deputy head of the Department of International Cooperation under the Ministry of Construction, Japanese investors poured some US$496 million into Vietnam in the first six months of this year, becoming the fourth largest foreign investor in the country in the period. Viet Nam is now the top choice of Japanese firms in ASEAN.
At the conference, Japanese delegates shared experiences in building and implementing the architectural law (Kenchikushi Law) and related laws, as well as in using foreign employees and managing quality and safety in construction sites.
They also introduced Vietnamese counterparts to technologies in improving land for urban underground works in particular and construction technologies in general.
Regarding the use of the foreign workforce in Japan, Eiji Aoki from the MLIT said his country was considering expanding the residence term for foreign technical trainees in the country to five years instead of the existing three-year term.
Taiji Yanai, vice director in charge of marketing and development in Indochina for Japan's Taisei Corporation, construction contractor of the T2 terminal at the Noi Bai International Airport, said his firm hopes to join more construction projects in Viet Nam and committed to ensuring the progress rate, quality and safety of its projects in the country. — VNS