(VOVworld) – The Hiroshima-Vietnam Association hopes to contribute to tightening Vietnam-Japan relations. Japanese Consul General Hida Haramitsu expressed his belief at a ceremony to mark the 10^th anniversary of the Association held in Ho Chi Minh city on Sunday. The Association’s President Hayashi Tatsuya presented 4500 USD to the Ho Chi Minh City Association for Agent Orange/Dioxin victims, the Little Rose shelter, and Dong Thap province’s Tan Kieu primary school.