Japan willing to aid OVOP scheme

JAPAN is willing to provide further support for Brunei’s One Village, One Product (OVOP) initiative should Brunei’s government request it, said the Japanese Ambassador to Brunei recently.

In an E-mail interview, Noriko Iki noted that Japan had already extended a hand to Brunei’s OVOP initiatives by sending experts from Oita Prefecture in 2010 and 2011.

“The Japanese experts observed that Brunei’s OVOP products were packaged quite well and they looked and tasted nice,” she said.