Meeting Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on July 14, Takebealso promised to call for Japanese investment in the Hoa Lac hi-techpark, the north-south high-speed railway and the Long Thanhinternational airport.
He pledged to continuefacilitating the reception of Vietnamese agriculture trainees to Japanand cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
Takebealso spoke highly of the outcomes of talks between the Vietnamese andJapanese PMs during the host’s recent visit to Japan, saying theJapan-Vietnam relationship has come a long way and is deepening.
The guest assured his host that he will convey the PM’s proposal tosurvey the planting of wildly-popular cherry blossom trees in Vietnam toJapanese leaders upon his return.
The VietnamesePM, for his part, asked Takebe to push bilateral hi-tech farming andfisheries cooperation forward, invite Japanese inflows into Vietnam’smajor projects and receive more Vietnamese workers, nurses and traineesto Japan.-VNA