Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Party and State of Vietnam attach importance tothe extensive strategic partnership with Japan, Deputy Prime Minister VuongDinh Hue has told Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam FriendshipParliamentary Alliance.
During their meeting in Hanoi on November 18, both sides agreed to continueboosting cooperation in trade, investment and human resources development whilepromoting experience sharing and technology transfer in agricultural in thecoming time.
Tsutomu said about 1,000 delegates who are parliament and government officialsand representatives of enterprises from Japan led by Secretary General of theLiberal Democratic Party and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam FriendshipParliamentary Alliance Nikai Toshihiro will visit Vietnam in January next year. They will meet with VietnameseGovernment and National Assembly agencies and the Vietnamese business communityin Da Nang.
This is a chance for both sides to tighten relations between the two countries,he affirmed.
He expressed his wish that the Vietnamese Government will create conditions topromote the Vietnam-Japan University construction project, thus contributing toenhancing bilateral cooperation in education and training.
Deputy PM Hue highly appreciated the role of Tsutomu in cooperating anddeveloping trade and investment between the two countries over the past years.
Welcoming the upcoming visit of Secretary General of the Liberal DemocraticParty and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance NikaiToshihiro, Hue said the Prime Minister has assigned the Foreign Ministry and concernedlocalities to make preparations for the visit.
On the proposal to build Vietnam-Japan University, he said the VietnameseGovernment wants that the project will become a symbol in the Vietnam-Japan tiesin general and in education and training cooperation in particular.
Hue said he will ask Vietnam National University, Hanoi to complete a report onbuilding the project using Japan’s ODA and a special finance mechanism of the education establishment to submit it to the Government for consideration./.
VNA
