Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu (Photo: VNA)This is the first official visit to Japanby President Thuong, which is taking place on the occasion of the 50thanniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations (September21, 1973 - 2023).
During this trip, Thuong is scheduled tomeet the Emperor and Empress of Japan, hold talks with Prime MinisterKishida Fumio, make a policy statement at the Japanese National Diet, and meetand discuss with National Diet leaders, representatives of political, economic,scientific and cultural associations, and visit Fukuoka prefecture.
According to Vu, the visit will contributeto consolidating political trust and enhancing close exchanges between high-ranking leaders of the two countries, and affirm that in its foreign policy, Vietnamcontinues to take Japan as a top and long-term partner, andwishes to work with the country to promote common interests for the developmentof each country as well as for peace, stability, cooperation and development inthe region.
Cooperation between Vietnam and Japan is inthe best stage in history, with great achievements gained in all fields, he said.
Japan is currently the largest ODA providerfor Vietnam with about 30 billion USD, the second biggest labour cooperationpartner, the third largest tourism and investment partner, and the fourthlargest trade partner of the Southeast Asian nation.
The two countries have also promotedcollaboration in new fields such as innovation, science and technology, digitaltransformation, green transformation, energy, and climate change response.
At international forums such as theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC), and the United Nations, they always cooperate closely,support each other, and join hands to solve international and regional issuesof common concern.
Based on close and extensive cooperation,the Deputy Foreign Minister expressed his hope that President Thuong’s visit willcontribute to tightening the bilateral friendship, deepening political trust,and increasing contacts and exchanges between high-ranking leaders of the twocountries, and leaders of Vietnamese departments, ministries, branches andlocalities and Japanese partners.
Vietnam hopes that the two countries willeffectively implement a new-generation ODA programme; continue to promotecooperation in attracting Japanese ODA in the fields of infrastructure, climatechange response, and human resources training; promote investment cooperation; maintainsustainable growth momentum of bilateral trade turnover; coordinate in improvingthe efficiency of economic agreements between the two parties; and strengthenlabour collaboration and human resources training, especially high-qualityhuman resources./.
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