At the Da Nang reception, Chinh, who is also head of the Vietnam –Japan parliamentarians’ friendship group, described the visit by the Japaneseofficial as an important event in bilateral relations, in which Vietnam always takesJapan as a long-term and trustable partner of the top importance.
Affirming that the Vietnamese National Assembly stands readyto closely cooperate with the Japanese Congress, Chinh said he hoped theparliamentarian diplomatic channel will help boost political trust andpeople-to people exchange, and that the two sides will support each other onregional and international issues of mutual concern, including the East Seaissue.
For his part, the Japanese official, who is also head of theJapan – Vietnam parliamentarians’ friendship alliance, held that bilateralrelations are developing in a substantial and in-depth manner as well asbringing about practical benefits to the two peoples, and agreed that the twocountries should continue contributing to the consolidation and development ofthe relations between the two countries and the two law-making bodies.
The two sides agreed to push parliamentarian andpeople-to-people exchanges, and that the two law-making bodies will intensifytheir cooperation and closely coordinate at international and regional forumsas well as support each other’s stance on regional and international issues ofmutual concern.
Also on January 11, the Japanese official visited Hoi Anancient city in nearby Quang Nam province, where Japanese cultural, art andhistoric values are largely seen and carefully kept.
At a press conference in Da Nang on January 12, the Japaneseofficial also expressed his hope that Vietnam and Japan will continue furtherstrengthening their exchanges and cooperation, stressing on the role of theyounger generations.
Vietnamese media should increase visits to Japan to get abetter understanding of the Japanese culture so as to popularise it to theVietnamese people, he added./.