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Foreign Minister hosts Japanese CDP leader

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held a reception for President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) Izumi Kenta in Hanoi on August 31 on the occasion of Izumi’s visit to Vietnam from August 29-31.
Foreign Minister hosts Japanese CDP leader ảnh 1Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (R) and President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) Izumi Kenta at their meeting in Hanoi on August 31 (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held areception for President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan(CDP) Izumi Kentain Hanoi on August 31 on the occasion of Izumi’s visit to Vietnam from August29-31.  

FM Son told his guest that the Vietnam-Japan relationship is now at the besttime in history, and with the support of the Governments, political parties andpeople of the two countries, there are favourable conditions for therelationship to rise to new heights.

The minister took the occasion to thank the CDP and Izumihimself for their support of the Vietnam-Japan relations over the past time,and ask the CDP to continue promoting exchanges with the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV).

Son also wished the CDP will back the promotion of bilateral ties in both traditionaland new fields such as digital transformation, green transition and energytransition, as well as promote locality-to-locality and people-to-peopleexchange, especially during this year when the two countries mark the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.  

The minister appreciated the role of House of Representatives member AoyagiYoichiro, Senior Deputy Director of the CDP’s International Department, in the organisationof the Vietnam Festival in Tokyo, one of the biggest foreign festivals inJapan, contributing to forwarding the cultural-tourism cooperation between thetwo countries.

The CDP President affirmed that his party’s support of theJapanese Government’s policy on promoting ties with Vietnam over the past manyyears and viewing Vietnam a leading important partner in the region.

He revealed that the CDP has just signed an MoU on increasing exchanges and cooperationwith the CPV.

Izumi also expressed his wish for more exchanges between female and younglawmakers of the two countries and stronger bilateral economic, trade andinvestment collaboration. He suggested that the Vietnamese Government designpolicies to create favourable and transparent investment environment to attracteven more Japanese companies to Vietnam.

The two sides also exchanged views on international and regionalissues of mutual concern./.
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