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Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh begins Japan visit

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh arrived in Tokyo on May 10 afternoon, beginning a week-long visit to Japan.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh begins Japan visit ảnh 1Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh at the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo (Source: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi NgocThinh arrived in Tokyo on May 10 afternoon, beginning a week-long visit toJapan.

After her arrival, the Vice President visited theVietnamese Embassy in Tokyo where she hailed the embassy’s contributions to thefruitful relationship between Vietnam and Japan.

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong reported thatVietnam-Japan ties are at the best ever. He added that the number of Vietnamesestudying and working in Japan increased rapidly in 2016 with more than 70,000Vietnamese students in Japan, much more than other Southeast Asian nations.

During her stay in Japan, the Vice President isscheduled to pay a courtesy visit to the Japanese Emperor and Empress, and meetwith the President of the House of Councillors.

She will also attend and deliver a speech at theGlobal Summit of Women in Tokyo, and participates in a Vietnamese-Japanesebusiness meeting.

Japan is Vietnam’s largest official developmentassistance (ODA) provider and ranks second among 73 countries and territoriesinvesting in the country.

Japan is also Vietnam’s fourth largest trade partnerwith bilateral trade reaching 29.3 billion USD in 2016 and 7.5 billion USD inthe first quarter of this year.-VNA

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