At the reception (Photo: VNA) The host expressed hisdelight at the growing extensive strategic partnership between the twocountries, with political trust increasingly enhanced through all-levelexchanges, economic, trade and investment ties recovering and developing even amidthe pandemic, and strong cultural and people-to-people cooperation.
He applauded Japan’s coordinationwith Vietnam to build plans and carry out activities on the threshold of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations next year.
He asked both sides to continuepromoting political links, bring into play the cooperation achievements ineconomy, trade, science - technology and education, and expanding ties to newareas that match the two countries’ demand in the new period.
Highly valuing Takebe’s contributionsto bilateral connections for many years, Thuong applauded his guest’s proposalson exchanges between political parties of Japan and the Communist Party ofVietnam, between young leaders of the two countries, as well aslocality-to-locality cooperation, cultural exchange, and the continueddevelopment of the Vietnam Japan University.
Takebe, who is also former SecretaryGeneral of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, affirmed the importance that Japanesepoliticians, localities, and people attach to Vietnam and the two countries’relations.
He informed about activities to beheld by Japan and himself to strengthen bilateral ties and suggested somecooperation orientations for the coming time.
The special advisor stressed that mutualunderstanding and relations will be reinforced through such activities as theVietnam - Japan festival in Ho Chi Minh City, the Hokaido festival in QuangNinh province, agricultural cooperation, and the development of the VietnamJapan University./.
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