Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio (L) (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister for more than two decades since his election as a member of the Japanese Parliament Kishida Fumio has always attached great importance to promoting ties between his country and Vietnam, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ono Hikariko said today.
At a press conference here to mark the Japanese President’s official visit to the country, the Japanese spokesman also reported that the leader had arrived in Hanoi the day before and attended an official reception chaired by the host country’s Prime Minister Pham Minh from Chinh.
This morning, the Japanese Prime Minister visited President Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, and attended a seminar on cooperation between the two countries on technological renewal, digital transformation and supply chain diversification, and the signing of bilateral cooperation documents. he specifies.
Fumio later met with Vietnamese Communist Party Secretary-General Nguyen Phu Trong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, he added.
According to the spokesman, the bilateral talks discussed important cooperation measures at the two premieres, in particular the Japanese head of government attaches great importance to cooperation with Vietnam on supply chain diversification, digital transformation and technological innovation.
Meanwhile, the Japanese leader welcomed the agreement between the two sides to jointly build a platform for sending Vietnamese technical interns to Japan, and expressed willingness to help Hanoi in energy conversion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop the capacity for prevention and combating natural disasters in the Indochinese country.
Referring to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP), Fumio said Japan continues to support the spirit and principles of the pact, and in dealing with the Japan-Mekong Cooperation Development Fund, he agreed to enhance coordination with the Vietnamese continue side to the prosperous development of the Mekong region.
In connection with the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations in 2023, the two prime ministers endorsed joint efforts to usher in a new era of binational relations, the spokesman pointed out, opining that the trip of the Japanese leader to Hanoi takes an important step towards the special event.
He also shared the idea with the government Japan of building a net-zero emissions community and the Land of the Rising Sun’s desire to work with other Asian territories to implement carbon reduction solutions, including private sector involvement.
Responding to the press on the strategic infrastructure cooperation between the two countries, the spokesman said that the Japanese side is keen to speed up cooperation with Vietnam in completing light rail construction projects, as well as studying and training new projects with the Indochinese nation in the near future, based on the surveys of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as well as the development trends of this country./.