Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission and Chairman of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group (VJFPG) Pham Minh Chinh meets visiting Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on October 19. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Head of the Party CentralCommittee’s Organisation Commission and Chairman of the Vietnam – JapanFriendship Parliamentarians’ Group (VJFPG) Pham Minh Chinh met visitingJapanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on October 19.
Chinh thanked and lauded the Japanese PM’s choosing Vietnamas his first overseas destination after taking office, and said this proves he attachesimportance to bilateral extensive strategic partnership.
The official affirmed that Vietnam treasures the extensivestrategic partnership with Japan, and said he believed that the visit willcontribute to further reinforcing Vietnam – Japan ties.
Suga, for his part, stressed that Japan wants to furtherstrengthen extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asiawith Vietnam.
He spoke highly of the effective activities by the VJFPG andthe Japan – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA) which contributeto fostering exchanges between parliamentarians and raising trust and mutualunderstanding between both sides.
They vowed to continue stepping up cooperative ties betweenthe Communist Party of Vietnam and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, andenhance coordination between the two nations’ parliamentarians, especiallyyoung and female ones.
Chinh also proposed Japan continue assisting Vietnam ineconomic development and personnel training.
Japan will continue actively partnering with Vietnam invarious fields, supporting the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’Group and the JVFPA, contributing to the common development of the bilateralextensive strategic partnership,, the Japanese guest affirmed./.
VNA
