Japanese PM Kishida Fumio and heads of ASEAN delegations to Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation (Photo: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived back inHanoi on December 19 morning, wrapping up their working trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperationand bilateral activities from December 15-18 at the invitation of Japanese PM Kishida Fumio.
During the trip, PM Chinh had a busy schedule, with over 40multilateral and bilateral activities. Apart from attending the CommemorativeSummit and the Asian Net Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders' Meeting, he engaged in meetingsand discussions with leaders of participating countries, including those of Laos,Cambodia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and thePhilippines.
As for bilateral activities with Japan, the Vietnamese leader heldtalks with his Japanese counterpart; met the Emperor, Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, President of the House of Councilors and former Japanese PMs; visited the family of late PM Shinzo Abe; and hosted receptions forleaders of Japanese ministries, prefectures, political organisations, andeconomic associations.
On the occasion, he paid a working trip to Gunma prefecture, presidedover economic and labour cooperation promotion forums, received and held adialogue with leading Japanese economic corporations.
Notably, a total of 33 cooperation agreements were signed by thetwo countries’ Governments, ministries, agencies, localities and businesses inthe fields of finance, industrial infrastructure, urban planning, commercialcentre development, green hydrogen, battery manufacturing, energy, digitaltransformation, and workforce training.
PM Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his Japanese counteprart Kishida Fumio (Photo: VNA) His working trip to Japan has further underscored Vietnam'srole, responsibility, and contributions to building a peaceful and prosperousASEAN community, and deepening the ASEAN-Japan relationship in a practical andeffective manner, for the sake of peace, stability, cooperation, and developmentin the region and the world.
It is also meant to concretise and strongly advance the Vietnam-Japancomprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and theworld, thereby generating impetus for the continued development of bilateral relationsin the coming period./.
