Hanoi (VNA), Oct. 16 -- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Governor of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture Mitazono Satoshi in Hanoi on October 16.

The PM expressed his sympathies to Japanese people over losses and damage caused by the recent Typhoon Habigis.

He said Vietnam and Japan are extensive and intensive strategic partners. The two countries enjoy close relations not only at the governmental level but also at the local level, including Kagoshima.

The Government leader welcomed the expansion of locality-to-locality cooperation in new areas.

For his part, the Japanese official expressed his hope for strengthened cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese localities, especially between Kagoshima and Vietnam, in nume...