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Japan confers Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Vietnam's former PM

During his tenure as head of the Vietnamese Government, former PM Pham Minh Chinh made dedicated contributions to elevating Japan – Vietnam relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World in 2023.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (left) congratulates former Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ceremony in Tokyo on November 10, 2026. (Photo: VNA)
Japanese Emperor Naruhito (left) congratulates former Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ceremony in Tokyo on November 10, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – Japanese Emperor Naruhito awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star to former Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung, at a ceremony in Tokyo on November 10, in recognition of their contributions to bilateral relations.

The decisions on the conferment of the decorations were announced by the Japanese government on November 3.

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Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan on November 10, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

During his tenure as head of the Vietnamese Government, former PM Chinh made dedicated contributions to elevating Japan – Vietnam relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World in 2023. He also worked to translate cooperation projects into concrete action and accelerate their implementation to deliver tangible results under the newly established bilateral framework.

Notably, he chaired three dialogues with Japanese businesses between March 2025 and March 2026, helping identify solutions and make progress in addressing difficulties facing Japanese firms.

“ Sincerity, affection, trust, substance, effectiveness and mutual benefit” are the guiding principles for Vietnam-Japan relations that former PM Chinh repeatedly emphasised during his tenure.

During his visit to Japan in November 2021, he and then Japanese PM Kishida Fumio agreed on the guiding principles of “sincerity, affection and trust” for bilateral relations. In April 2022, during Kishida’s official visit to Vietnam, former PM Chinh presented him with a calligraphy work featuring these principles in both Vietnamese and Japanese.

In August 2024, while receiving Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki, former PM Chinh suggested the two sides implement their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership based on the principles of “sincerity, affection, trust, substance and effectiveness”. He also called for stronger political trust through increased high-level exchanges, closer economic ties, expanded cooperation in areas such as digital transformation, green transition and innovation, as well as enhanced people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in training human resources.

For former Deputy PM Dung, since becoming Minister of Planning and Investment in 2016, he continuously served as co-chair of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative. Together with the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and the Japanese Government, he chaired many important conferences aimed at improving the investment environment and resolving obstacles encountered by Japanese businesses operating in Vietnam.

During his working visits to Japan, he travelled to Aichi, Mie, Hokkaido and Ibaraki prefectures. He also arranged meetings with the governors of Gunma, Niigata and Toyama prefectures during their visits to Vietnam, helping strengthen exchanges and cooperation between localities of the two countries./.

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