Communist Party delegation visits Japan

Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan has stressed the need to concretise agreements and diversify the strategic partnership with Japan.
Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang BinhQuan has stressed the need to concretise agreements and diversify thestrategic partnership with Japan.

Quan made thestatement at a meeting with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister TetsuroFukuyama during a four-day visit to Japan.

Quan expressed his hope that Japan would continue its provision ofofficial development assistance (ODA) capital to Vietnam, consideringit an important factor to carry out symbolic projects in theVietnam-Japan relationship.

Deputy FM Fukuyama assured the guests of the steady growth ofJapan-Vietnam relations, particularly in politics and economics, overrecent years.

Fukuyama said he hoped both countries would closely collaborate with each other to further their bilateral ties.

He also announced that his ministry will organise visits to Vietnam byFM Katsuya Okada in July and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Octoberthis year.

During their meeting with the Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party(JCP), Kazuo Shii, Quang congratulated the Party on the success of its25 th congress and Shii on his re-election as JCP chairman.

The fine ties between the countries have greatly contributed topromoting the two countries’ joint efforts and mutual support, Quansaid, highlighting the JCP’s assistance to Vietnamese people during thewar and its current national construction.

He also informed his host of preparations for the XIth National CPV Congress slated for January 2011.

The JCP always attaches importance to its relationship with the CPV andwill do its utmost to promote the sustainable development of the twocountries’ friendship, emphasised Chairman Shii.

He highlighted the renewal achievements recorded under the CPV’sleadership as well as Vietnam’s efforts to overcome the impacts of theglobal economic crisis.

He said he hoped both parties would further boost their cooperation inexchanging management experiences and political theory.

While in Japan from March 16-19, Quan and his entourage also met ViceSpeaker of the Japanese House of Representatives Seishiro Eto, VicePresident of the Japanese House of Councillors Santo Akiko, Minister ofEconomy, Trade and Industry Masayuki Naoshima and senior leaders of theJapan Federation of Economic Organisation (KEIDANREN).

They also toured Fukuoka prefecture./.

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