Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) This is Chinh's first official visit to Japan since he assumesthe PM post and Japan has a new leader.
Vietnam and Japan set up their diplomatic ties on September21, 1973, and their extensive strategic partnership for peace andprosperity in Asia in March 2014 on the occasion of Vietnamese President TruongTan Sang’s State visit to Japan.
The bilateral relations are currently at the best stage inhistory since the establishment of diplomatic relations. High-ranking leaders of thetwo countries have maintained regular visits and contacts at international andregional forums.
Vietnam remains a trustworthy destination of Japaneseinvestors. Amid demand for a stable supply, hundreds of Japanese firms havedecided to open or expand factories in the Southeast Asian nation.
Japanese investors channelled more than 3.4 billion USD inVietnam in the first 10 months of this year.
Despite the negative impacts of the ongoing pandemic, tradebetween Vietnam and Japan hit 34.3 billion USD in the period, up 6.4 percentyear on year.
Japan has so far been the largest ODA provider for Vietnam,focusing on such fields as infrastructure construction, transport, energy,health care, poverty reduction in mountainous areas.
The countries have stood side by side in the COVID-19 fight.In the peak times of the pandemic, Vietnam presented more than 2 million facemasks and personal protective suits to Japan.
Japan offered nearly 4.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinefor Vietnam, together with over 4 billion JPY (35.09 million USD) to help thelatter improve capacity of the medical system./.
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