Ho Chi Minh City pledges to create favourable conditions for the organisation of the 6th Japan-Vietnam Festival, contributing to strengthening bonds between the city and Japan, Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem said.
Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception on July 3 for the Special Advisor of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, Tsutomu Takebe, who affirmed Japan will support Vietnam in the fields it holds strength.
President Tran Dai Quang and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a ceremony in Tokyo on June 1 celebrating the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (September 21).
President Tran Dai Quang has hailed the active contributions of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance to prompting the two countries’ extensive strategic partnership.
Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh, President of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 4 for Japanese Deputy Minister of Environment Arata Takebe, who is also Deputy Secretary-General of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance.
The Vietnam Farmer’s Union and the Japanese Institute of East Asian Studies signed an agreement on cooperation in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development in Hanoi on July 22.
During his official visit to Japan, National Assembly Chairman
Nguyen Sinh Hung on December 6 had meetings with former Japanese Prime
Minister Yukio Hatoyama and representatives from the Communist Party of
Japan (CPJ) and the Japan Federation of Economic Organisations
(Keidanren).
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