Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh (R) meets with Maeda Tadashi, Chairman of the JBIC Board of Directors and Special Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan, in Hanoi on July 27. (Photo: VNA) Anh expressed his delight at thebreakthrough development of the two countries’ extensive strategic partnershipin all fields, stressing that Japan is a strategic partner of leadingimportance, the biggest provider of official development assistance (ODA), thesecond largest partner in labour cooperation, the third largest foreigninvestor, and the fourth among trading partners of Vietnam.
Hehighly valued JBIC’s contributions to Vietnam through its assistance for thecountry’s economic development and Japanese investments here, and applaudedthe bank’s cooperation with the Economic Commission and related agencies topromote the trilateral infrastructure partnership of Japan, the US andAustralia with Vietnam to bolster investment in infrastructure development.
The host asked theJapanese side and the JBIC to continue helping Vietnam with some key areas where theSoutheast Asian country has demand, such as strategic transportinfrastructure projects, climate change response, digital transformation,energy transition, health capacity improvement, and human resources training.
Forhis part, Maeda spoke highly of Vietnam’s socioeconomic development policiesand recent achievements.
He agreed with his host’s suggestionsand shared some cooperation ideas and measures.
The JBIC will continue cooperating closelywith Vietnam to develop socioeconomic infrastructure, thereby helping fosterthe two countries’ relations in an increasingly intensive andeffective manner for the sake of the two peoples, he added./.
VNA
