In an interview granted to Vietnam News Agencycorrespondents in Tokyo on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh'sofficial visit to Japan from November 22-25, Motoyoshi said that Japan’sprovision of a large number of vaccines against COVID-19 for Vietnam manifeststhe good friendship between the two countries.
Regarding PM Chinh's official visit to Japan this time, Motoyoshisaid that Chinh is quite familiar with Japanese politicians andparliamentarians when he used to assume the role as Chairman of theVietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group. Last year, Yoshihide Suga,the predecessor of the current PM Fumio Kishida, chose Vietnam asthe first destination for his foreign visit after taking office. This time, PMChinh is the first foreign leader to visit Japan after PM Kishida took office. Thisclearly reflects the good and increasingly close friendship between Vietnam andJapan, stressed Motoyoshi.
In addition, Chinh's visit comes after Japan has just eased pandemicprevention measures and is gradually resuming socio-economic activities.
Therefore, Motoyoshi expressed his belief that cooperationopportunities between the two countries will be further expanded in thefields of economy, trade and human resources./.
VNA