Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception for thevisiting Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ), OgataYasuo, in Hanoi on Nov. 1.
General Secretary Trong expressedhis respect for the support and important contributions from CPJ to thedevelopment of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan.
He said that the traditional solidarity between the twoParties has constantly developed over the past 50 years. The VietnameseParty and people always keep in mind and are grateful for support andassistance from CPJ during the past struggle for national independenceand the current national construction.
The Vietnamese Partyleader affirmed that the Communist Party of Vietnam always attachesimportance to maintaining and developing relations with the CommunistParty of Japan and the theoretical exchange between the two partiessince 2007 is a significant activity to boost mutual understanding andshare theoretical and practical experience in the revolutionary cause ofeach party.
Ogata Yasuo, who is leading the CPJ delegation tothe fourth theoretical exchange between CPV and CPJ in Hanoi ,expressed his joy at the relations between the two Parties and theresults of the theoretical exchange, describing the event as aneffective form of cooperation between the two sides.
He invited ahigh-level delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam to visitJapan and attend the fifth theoretical exchange between the twoParties in 2012./.