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Special ambassador’s term extended

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 6 handed over a decision on the extension of the term of Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi.
Special ambassador’s term extended ảnh 1Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The VietnameseMinistry of Foreign Affairs on September 6 handed over a decision on theextension of the term of Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi.

Under the decision, which was presented byDeputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, Sugi will continue to work as Vietnam-JapanSpecial Ambassador until March 31, 2020.

Trung lauded practical contributions by theman to developing cooperation and friendship between Vietnam and Japan over thepast nearly 30 years, and expressed his hope that Sugi will contribute more tothe bilateral extensive strategic partnership. 

For his part, Sugi pledged to do his utmostto help enhance the friendship between the two countries, especially inculture, arts and people-to-people exchange.

He informed Trung that Japan will helpVietnam with firefighting equipment and activities promoting cultural andpeople-to-people exchanges between the two countries in the time ahead.

Ryotaro Sugi was appointed as Vietnam-Japanspecial friendship ambassador between May 22, 2007 and December 31, 2008. Histerm as the special friendship ambassador was extended in December 2008. 

On October 15, 2009, his position wasofficially renamed Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador, and his term has beenextended for six times.

Ryotaro Sugi is Japan’s first Japan-VietnamSpecial Ambassador, and also the first Japanese appointed by the VietnameseGovernment as Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador.-VNA
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