Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan thanked Japan for supportingVietnam in disaster prevention and control and climate change responseduring her meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida inSendai city on March 15.
The two sides voiced theirdelight at the vigorous growth of the Vietnamese-Japanese relationsover the past years, particularly since their ties were lifted to thestrategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia during VietnamesePresident Truong Tan Sang’s visit to Japan one year ago.
The Vietnamese Vice President, who is in the Japanese city to attendthe third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, asked Japan toshare more experience and technology to help promote her country’sdisaster prevention capacity, including building shelter for fishingboats and maintaining dams.
She appreciated Japan’sprovision of official development assistance (ODA) over the past twodecades while valuing contributions by Kishida, who is also the GeneralSecretary of the Japanese-Vietnamese Friendship Parliamentarians Union,to bilateral relations.
Doan also proposed Japanincrease aid to Vietnam in infrastructure construction, personneltraining, health care, agriculture and support industry development, andreceive more Vietnamese trainees.
On his part,Minister Kishida affirmed that Japan regards Vietnam as an importantpartner and pledges to continue assisting the latter in itssocio-economic development.
He said his country isconsidering the provision of non-refundable aid for the Southeast Asiancountry’s disaster prevention and control programme and ODA loans forthe fifth phase of another programme on climate change response.
Japan will also seriously contemplate other cooperation proposals ofVietnam, the minister noted, adding that he hopes the two countries willcoordinate more closely at regional and international forums as well asTrans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiations.
Regarding the East Sea issue, Vice President Doan shared MinisterKishida’s view on the importance of maintaining peace and stability andthe full compliance with international law by relevant parties.
Also on March 15, she laid a wreath at the cenotaph to the victims ofthe March 2011 earthquake-tsunami at Sendai’s Arahama area.-VNA
The two sides voiced theirdelight at the vigorous growth of the Vietnamese-Japanese relationsover the past years, particularly since their ties were lifted to thestrategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia during VietnamesePresident Truong Tan Sang’s visit to Japan one year ago.
The Vietnamese Vice President, who is in the Japanese city to attendthe third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, asked Japan toshare more experience and technology to help promote her country’sdisaster prevention capacity, including building shelter for fishingboats and maintaining dams.
She appreciated Japan’sprovision of official development assistance (ODA) over the past twodecades while valuing contributions by Kishida, who is also the GeneralSecretary of the Japanese-Vietnamese Friendship Parliamentarians Union,to bilateral relations.
Doan also proposed Japanincrease aid to Vietnam in infrastructure construction, personneltraining, health care, agriculture and support industry development, andreceive more Vietnamese trainees.
On his part,Minister Kishida affirmed that Japan regards Vietnam as an importantpartner and pledges to continue assisting the latter in itssocio-economic development.
He said his country isconsidering the provision of non-refundable aid for the Southeast Asiancountry’s disaster prevention and control programme and ODA loans forthe fifth phase of another programme on climate change response.
Japan will also seriously contemplate other cooperation proposals ofVietnam, the minister noted, adding that he hopes the two countries willcoordinate more closely at regional and international forums as well asTrans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiations.
Regarding the East Sea issue, Vice President Doan shared MinisterKishida’s view on the importance of maintaining peace and stability andthe full compliance with international law by relevant parties.
Also on March 15, she laid a wreath at the cenotaph to the victims ofthe March 2011 earthquake-tsunami at Sendai’s Arahama area.-VNA
