Vietnam prioritises all-round cooperation with Japan
Vietnam hopes to further
deepen the friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with Japan,
considering this one of the top priorities of the country’s foreign
affairs policy.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung
Hai made the statement while receiving Chairwoman of the Japanese
Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defence Katayama Satsuki in Hanoi
on January 20.
He said he was glad to witness the
growing relations between Vietnam and Japan in various fields, ranging
from politics, economics, culture, to education, science-technology and
national defence-security.
It is noteworthy that the
two countries lifted their relations to bilateral strategic partnership
for peace and prosperity in Asia in March 2014, he said.
“Cooperation between Vietnam and Japan is experiencing the best time
since the two countries established diplomatic ties,” he stressed.
He went on to say that Japan is an important partner of Vietnam in the
field of economics, and the biggest official development assistance
(ODA) provider, adding that the bilateral economic links have made
active contributions to the socio-economic development in Vietnam and
brought benefits to Japanese businesses.
He thanked
the Japanese Government, parliament and people for their ODA provision
over the past two decades for many significant projects, citing the
latest T2 terminal at Noi Bai International Airport and Nhat Tan bridge.
The leader said he hopes the two countries will
promote trade and investment links in the time ahead since the pair are
jointly implementing the industrialisation strategy and making progress
in regional economic connection such as the formation of an ASEAN
Community and the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Agreement.
Satsuki said Japan always supports
Vietnam’s implementation of economic cooperation pacts, including
infrastructure and energy projects, and continues ODA provision for the
country’s sustainable development.
She said she
hopes the Vietnamese Government will facilitate Japanese companies’
investments and operations, as well as their further coordination in
other fields such as infrastructure building, human resources training,
support industry, and agriculture.
The same day,
Satsuki was received by Chairman of the National Committee for Defence
and Security Nguyen Kim Khoa, Chairman of the National Assembly’s
Economic Committee Nguyen Van Giau, and Chairman of the National
Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Tran Van Hang.-VNA