Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Sanae Takaichi in Hanoi on January 9 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is developing ane-government and cyber security, hence the country wants to cooperate withJapan – a reliable partner – in these fields, said Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc.
While receiving Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs andCommunications Sanae Takaichi in Hanoi on January 9, PM Phuc said theVietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership is developing comprehensivelywhile their political trust has been enhanced in many aspects.
Japan has remained an important economic partner, thebiggest provider of official development assistance (ODA), the second biggestforeign investor and the fourth largest trading partner of Vietnam, hestressed.
The PM thanked Japan for its provision of ODA in almost 30years, which, he said, has contributed remarkably to Vietnam’s socio-economicdevelopment, hunger elimination, poverty reduction and infrastructuredevelopment.
In order to boost the bilateral extensive strategicpartnership in the coming time, PM Phuc proposed Japan continue to assist theVietnamese Government in reforming and improving efficiency of theadministrative apparatus, building an e-government towards a digitalgovernment, digital economy and digital society and effectively implementingstate management projects on information and communications.
Takaichi said the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications and the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communicationshave signed a cooperation agreement, opening up a new page for partnership inthe fields of post, information and communications.
Japan stands ready to cooperate and share experience withVietnam in developing cyber security and apply information technology (IT) instatistical activities, she said.
Japanese enterprises can contribute to the development of ITand take part in IT expos in Vietnam, the minister said.
The two countries should cooperate in administrativeconsultation and settlement of administrative procedures to protect legitimaterights of Vietnamese citizens in Japan and Japanese nationals in Vietnam,Takaichi added.
On this occasion, PM Phuc and Minister Takaichi witnessedthe signing of a diplomatic note of exchange between the two governments on theprovision of hardware of the government report information system by Japanese Ambassadorto Vietnam Kunio Umeda and Minister, Chairman of the Vietnamese GovernmentOffice Mai Tien Dung./.
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