Vietnam, Japan vow to fortify security cooperation
Tokyo (VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security vows to
work closely with Japanese ministries and agencies to ensure the security and
safety of Japanese firms and citizens in Vietnam, said Vietnamese Minister of
Public Security Gen. To Lam.
During a
meeting with Deputy Secretary General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Fumiaki Kobayashi in Tokyo on April 3, Lam said this year
marks the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties and the
50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations.
The ministry will also maintain security
dialogue mechanisms and effectively implement signed agreements, he said.
Kobayashi expressed his delight at achievements
made by Vietnam in various areas, including in fighting crimes.
The Vietnamese minister and former Japanese PM Yoshihide
Suga shared their view that the Vietnam-Japan ties are at the best in the past
five decades in various areas.
Lam suggested Suga continue backing and making valuable
contributions to promoting bilateral ties, focusing on agreements on national
defence-security, economy, supply of new-generation official development assistance,
diversification of supply chains and developing support industry.
He wished that the former Japanese leader would continue stepping up ties between the two countries and their legal
enforcement agencies, create favourable conditions for the Vietnamese people to
enter Japan, as well as ensure security, safety, legitimate rights and
interests of nearly 500,000 Vietnamese living, studying and working in Japan.
In the afternoon the same day, Lam held talks
with Commissioner General of Japan’s National
Police Agency (NPA) Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, during
which, they pledged to facilitate the exchange of all-level delegations,
maintain the annual security dialogue at the deputy ministerial level, share information
and experience in fighting trans-national, criminal, cyber and drug crimes, and
consider a new practical cooperation mechanism between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public
Security and the NPA.
Both sides will well perform
citizen protection, offer all possible support to enterprises and citizens in
each nation, protect mutual visits and events, firstly celebrations for the
50th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year.
Receiving Executive Senior
Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yunichi Yamada, Lam asked the Japanese official to continue carrying forward
Vietnam-Japan ties, with a focus on agreements reached by the two PMs.
He also sought JICA’s support for his ministry to launch several
projects on workforce training, supply of firefighting equipment, search and rescue,
forest fire prevention and control, environment protection, and training
courses on cyber security, crime investigation, counter-terrorism, criminal justice and traffic safety.
In reply, Yamada promised to work closely with the Vietnamese
ministry to embark on cooperation areas of the latter’s interest.
The same day, Lam also hosted a reception for several Japanese
corporate executives./.