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PM Pham Minh Chinh receives former Japanese PM Suga Yoshihide

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received former PM of Japan Suga Yoshihide on November 25 as part of his official visit to the East Asian nation.
PM Pham Minh Chinh receives former Japanese PM Suga Yoshihide ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) receives former PM of Japan Suga Yoshihide. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received former PM of Japan SugaYoshihide on November 25 as part of his official visit to the East Asian nation.

PM Chinh conveyed compliments from Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong and other high-ranking Vietnamese leaders to Suga and invited him to soon visit Vietnam again.

He expressed his delightat the fast, practical and comprehensive development of the Vietnam-Japanextensive strategic partnership and appreciated the former Japanese PM’ssentiments towards Vietnam and his contributions to the sound bilateral ties.

The twocountries have supported each other in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and recovered exchange activities and meetings in the new normal, he said.


PM Chinhasked Suga to continue backing and promoting the bilateral relations to a new height,especially in fields where the two sides have potential and demand for,including the diversification of supply chains, supporting industry development, innovation,digital transformation and information technology development, among others.

For hispart, Suga highly valued PM Chinh's official visit, believingthat it will further bolster the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnershipin all fields.

He shared Japan’seffective experience in COVID-19 prevention and control, particularly raisingpublic awareness of wearing face masks and vaccination, and was willing tointroduce experts in the field to Vietnam.

Suga spoke highlyof Vietnam’s role and important contributions in the region and the world, affirmingto closely cooperate with the country and tighten the bilateral friendship./.

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