On November 7, 2024, Dr. Tran Anh Tuan, the President of the Vietnam Administrative Science Association（VASA）, visited GRIPS and met with President Hiroko Ota and Vice President Hirofumi Takada.
Vice President Takada gave a lecture on the topic “Intergovernmental relations between National and Local governments in Japan.”



(Sixth and seventh from the left) President Ota, President Tuan, (third from the right) Vice President Takada"