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Vietnam, Japan exchange experience in maritime management

The Vietnam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet Office of Japan held their first-ever direct dialogue in Hanoi on October 16.
Vietnam, Japan exchange experience in maritime management ảnh 1At the 2023 Vietnam-Japan Ocean Dialogue. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Agency of Seasand Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE)and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet Office of Japan held theirfirst-ever direct dialogue in Hanoi on October 16.

The event aimed to materialise the memorandum ofunderstanding on cooperation in sea and ocean policy between the MoNRE and the JapaneseCabinet Office signed on October 8, 2018 as part of the visit to Japan by theVietnamese Prime Minister.

VASI Director Nguyen Duc Toan stressed that the exchangeof experience in maritime policy and strategy holds theoretical and practicalsignificance for Vietnam.

The 2023 Vietnam-Japan Ocean Dialogue offers anopportunity for the two sides to share their views and experience in maritimemanagement, he said, adding that its outcomes will contribute to strengtheningconnectivity and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in general and between theVASI and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat in particular.

Participants looked into reports on Vietnam’s sea-relatedpolicies and laws, including those on maritime economic development, otherissues like obstacles to offshore wind power study, and marine pollution preventionand control, along with Japan’s blue economy.

Notably, they discussed cooperation orientationsbetween the two sides by 2025 with a vision towards 2030./.
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