Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the reception. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed Chairmanof the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro, its leadership, parliamentarians and leaders of Japanese localities who are on a visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversaryof diplomatic ties this year.
At a reception for the Japanese guests in Hanoi on May 5, PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam is determined to build an independentand self-reliant economy that actively integrates into the world, with prioritygiven to three strategic breakthroughs, namely institutional reform, infrastructure construction and improvement, and enhancing the quality of human resources.
Hesuggested Toshihiro prompt the Japanese Government to continue providing new-generationODA for Vietnam in strategic infrastructure construction, and wished thatJapanese investors would increase their investment in Vietnam in the spirit of getting mutual benefits, sharing risks and harmonising interests.
The PM proposed Japan assists Vietnam in increasing the value chain ofagricultural products through investment and technology transfer, seedselection and processing, preservation; promoting the import of Vietnameseagricultural products, opening the market for fruits such as green-skin pomelo inJapan.
Toshihiro, for hispart, said his visit will contribute topromoting economic, agricultural, labour cooperation and people-to-peopleexchanges between the two countries.
At the reception (Photo: VNA) Agreeingwith Toshihiro and his delegation’s idea to boost educational tourism, PM Chinh suggestedthe guest urge the Japanese Government soon announce a fund to supporteducational tourism for Vietnamese students.
The hostand guest agreed to further comprehensively enhance bilateral exchanges andcooperation, especially between the two legislatures, parliamentarians and people.They also vowed to continue reinforcing economic, trade, investment and tourismcooperation, locality-to-locality and people-to-people exchanges, particularlybetween young generations, as well as work closely together at multilateralforums, and on global and regional issues of shared concern.
Receiving the Japanese delegation in the afternoon of the same day, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, permanent member of the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of its Organisation Commission and Chairwoman of the Vietnam-JapanFriendship Parliamentarians’ Group, affirmed that the VietnameseNational Assembly will continue working closely with the National Diet of Japan to fine-tunelaws, create a favourable environment forbusinesses of both countries to enhance economic, trade, and investmentrelations in a manner commensurate with the good political relationship, asdirected by leaders of the two countries.
Maiwished that Japan would continue supporting the increase of exchangesbetween legislators of the two countries, encourage Japanese firms to investmore in Vietnam, especially in new areas such as green economy, digitaltransformation, climate change adaptation, and environmental protection.
Inaddition, she urged active exchanges and cooperation between localities inimportant areas of mutual interest such as trade, tourism, labour, hightechnology, agriculture and fisheries, especially through direct investment,thereby bringing benefits to the people of both nations.
The official also welcomed the organisation of festivals in both countries to enhance mutualunderstanding and solidarity between the people of Vietnam and Japan.
Toshihiro expected that effective and practical activities will be held toenhance cooperation in many fields, especially in culture, tourism, agriculture,commerce and investment.
Inthe near future, the two countries should step up people-to-people exchangeactivities, especially among young generations, thereby contributing to developingtheir friendly cooperation, he said.
Following the reception, the host and guests plantedJapan’s Oga lotus seeds in Vietnam, demonstratingthe desire to further strengthen the friendship and cooperation between the twocountries./.
