Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of Defence, received in Hanoi on December 11 Commander of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Admiral Yamamura Hiroshi, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Xuan Thang, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee (CPVCC), held working sessions with Japanese officials on December 5 and 6.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked Governor of Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture Oikawa Kazuhiko and its authorities to further boost cooperation with Vietnamese localities, especially in high-tech agriculture, manufacturing and processing, and precision engineering.
Mekong Delta localities have called for investments from Japanese firms in 63 projects in various fields, including 12 in hi-tech agriculture during a Japan-Mekong Business Cooperation Forum in Can Tho city.
Late historian and People’s Teacher Phan Huy Le has been posthumously awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Japanese Foreign Minister Kono Taro, in recognition of his great contributions to the promotion Vietnam-Japan academic exchange.
The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association (VJFA), the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries in Hanoi on September 18.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on November 30 that he wants stronger cooperation between his country’s Liberal Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
Senior Adviser to Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, Isao Iijima, has vowed to do more for lifting the Japan-Vietnam relations to a new height, and deepening the two countries’ extensive strategic partnership.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held separate receptions for President of
the Japan–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Toshihiro Nikai and
President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tanaka
Akihiko in Tokyo on July 3.
The Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association has successfully nurtured
and developed the time-honoured friendship between the two countries
over the past six decades.
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has agreed with a
proposal from the leader of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary
Alliance (JVFPA) on strengthening exchanges between the two countries’
female parliamentarians.
Japanese Justice Minister Hiraoka Hideo has vowed to do his best to
boost Japan-Vietnam relations, especially in building a law-governed
state, improving the legal system and other targets that Vietnam is
heading towards.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai received chairmen of Japanese
socio-economic agencies on the sideline of the 17th International
Conference “Future of Asia”, which was held on May 26 in the capital
city of Tokyo.
Japan wishes to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in areas that the
two countries are interested in, said former Prime Minister Yukio
Hatoyama, who is leading a Japanese parliamentarian delegation to
Vietnam.
Japan will provide 78,000 USD as
non-refundable aid to the northern mountainous Dien Bien province to
build a primary school in Ta Te commune, Dien Bien Dong district.
Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam
(CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh
Quan has stressed the need to concretise agreements and diversify the
strategic partnership with Japan.
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will host a trade fair in
Ha Noi on April 14-17 to introduce Japanese importers to
promising-looking local goods.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Nov.
7 held talks with his Japanese counterpart, Yukio Hatoyama, during
which they pledged to promote relations between Japan and Mekong
subregion countries, as well as the bilateral Japan-Vietnam relations.
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