Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Tokyo in the evening ofDecember 12 (local time), beginning his four-day official visit to Japanto attend the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit and theMekong-Japan Summit.
Welcoming PM Dung at the airport were Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung and the Vietnamese community in the country.
The visit, made at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe, takes place on the occasion of the 40th anniversary ofVietnam-Japan diplomatic ties, aiming to enhancing and deepening thestrategic partnership between the two countries, especially ineconomics, investment, development assistance, as well as theircoordination at regional and international forums.
Over the past years, the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership has seenin-depth and concrete development, in which economics is one of thebright spots in their bilateral ties.
Japan is oneof Vietnam’s leading important economic partners and the first in thegroup of most industrialized nations (G7) to recognise its full marketeconomy status (October 2011).
Two-way trade in 2012hit 24.7 billion USD and 22.9 billion USD during January-November thisyear. The two sides set a target of at least doubling their tradeturnover by 2020.
Japan remains theleading ODA donor to Vietnam and ranks first among 101 countries andterritories investing in the country.
The twocountries have also built an efficient partnership in a wide range ofareas including labour, culture-information, education-training,science-technology and tourism.
Withinthe framework of his visit to Japan , PM Nguyen Tan Dung will attendthe summit marking the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan dialoguerelations.
On the edge of the summit, thefifth Mekong-Japan Summit will be chaired by PM Shinzo Abe and attendedby leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand andVietnam.
On December 13, the VietnameseGovernment leader will meet Japan’s leading businesses andassociations operating on economic and scientific-technological fields.-VNA
Welcoming PM Dung at the airport were Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung and the Vietnamese community in the country.
The visit, made at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe, takes place on the occasion of the 40th anniversary ofVietnam-Japan diplomatic ties, aiming to enhancing and deepening thestrategic partnership between the two countries, especially ineconomics, investment, development assistance, as well as theircoordination at regional and international forums.
Over the past years, the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership has seenin-depth and concrete development, in which economics is one of thebright spots in their bilateral ties.
Japan is oneof Vietnam’s leading important economic partners and the first in thegroup of most industrialized nations (G7) to recognise its full marketeconomy status (October 2011).
Two-way trade in 2012hit 24.7 billion USD and 22.9 billion USD during January-November thisyear. The two sides set a target of at least doubling their tradeturnover by 2020.
Japan remains theleading ODA donor to Vietnam and ranks first among 101 countries andterritories investing in the country.
The twocountries have also built an efficient partnership in a wide range ofareas including labour, culture-information, education-training,science-technology and tourism.
Withinthe framework of his visit to Japan , PM Nguyen Tan Dung will attendthe summit marking the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan dialoguerelations.
On the edge of the summit, thefifth Mekong-Japan Summit will be chaired by PM Shinzo Abe and attendedby leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand andVietnam.
On December 13, the VietnameseGovernment leader will meet Japan’s leading businesses andassociations operating on economic and scientific-technological fields.-VNA
