At a working session on Wednesday between the municipal People’s Committee and JICA on Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Programme to work in Can Tho, senior advisor Minagawa Mamiko said that JICA has sent more than 420 volunteers to many provinces and cities across Vietnam to help in health, education, agriculture and the support industry.

Can Tho has to date received over 30 volunteers, the most in the Mekong Delta region. She said that JICA wants to maintain close coordination with city to send more volunteers in new fields such as business administration and information technology in order to support the promotion of investment from Japan into Can Tho in the time ahead.

Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Truong Quang Hoai Nam pledged to mobilise all resources to support the volunteers and expand long-term relations with JICA.