At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group held itsfourth meeting in Hanoi on November 20.
Chairing the event, head of the group Truong Thi Mai said the Vietnam-Japan relationshipis now at its best stage in history since the establishment of diplomaticrelations, marked by a high level of political trust.
Speaking highly of the group's activities since the third meeting,Mai, who is also Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission, highlighted the exchange of delegations and meetings on the occasion of the50th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year, joint cultural andpeople-to-people exchange activities, thereby affirming the crucial role of thegroup in building relations between the two countries’ leaders,parliamentarians, the group and the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary FriendshipAlliance (JVPFA).
Vice Chairwoman of the VietnameseNational Assembly’s Committee for External Relations and deputy head of thegroup Le Thu Ha said in the last half of this year, the group continued to be one ofthe most active and effective parliamentary friendship ones, engaging innumerous high-level contacts and diverse activities.
Next year, the group will continue working with the twocountries’ agencies to hold activities marking the anniversary, thus leaving alasting impression on the bilateral extensive strategic partnership for peaceand prosperity in Asia. It will also step up and jointly hold the exchange ofhigh-ranking delegations between the two countries and legislatures, and strengthenthe exchange of lawmakers as well.
At the same time, it will continue partnering with the JVPFA andJapanese lawmakers to boost coordination in various fields, including trade,investment, health, education, agro-forestry, people-to-people andlocality-to-locality exchanges.
At the event, participants offered opinions on the group’sactivities for next year./.
