Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Tokyo on June 1 for Keiji Furuya, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Japanese House of Representatives, as part of his state visit to the East Asian country.

President Tran Dai Quang speaks at the Vietnam Investment Promotion Conference in Tokyo on May 31

President Quang showed his delight at the strong, comprehensive and practical development of the Vietnam-Japan relationship over the past 45 years.

He affirmed that Vietnam treasures the extensive strategic partnership with Japan and considers Japan a leading and long-term trade partner. 

Vietnam wants to work with Japan to bringing bilateral relations to a new development period, benefiting people of both nations, the President stressed.

President Quang proposed Furuya continue promoting exchanges and meetings among sectors and parliamentarian agencies of the two countries, while increasing exchanges between parliamentarians, especially young legislators. Both sides should also coordinate with and support each other at regional and international forums, he added.

For his part, Furuya stressed that Japan’s House of Representatives always treasures cooperation with Vietnam and hopes to foster the extensive strategic partnership between the two countries in all fields, especially between the House of Representatives and the National Assembly of Vietnam.

He also agreed on the need to soon organise a visit to Vietnam for Japanese parliamentarians.

President asks for JICA support in key areas

President Tran Dai Quang (R) meets JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka (Source: sggp.org.vn)

President Tran Dai Quang has proposed that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) continue working to increase Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam, focusing on large-scale infrastructure projects and human resources training.

Meeting JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka in Tokyo on June 1 as part of his ongoing State visit to Japan, President Quang suggested that Japan support Vietnam in implementing its industrialization strategy within the Vietnam-Japan cooperation framework, and developing human resources for the industry area.

Vietnam needs Japan’s assistance in building and conducting a project to reform the apparatus of the political system towards effective and efficient operation, and train managerial officials at all levels, especially at strategic level, he said.

The Vietnamese leaders also asked for the agency’s cooperation in projects in industry, green agriculture, high technology, as well as its support in searching for long-term solutions to coping with climate change.

President Quang thanked Japan for providing ODA for Vietnam for its socio-economic development in decades, while lauding the role of JICA in the field.

For his part, Shinichi Kitaoka showed his delight at the strong and practical growth of the Vietnam-Japan relations over the past 45 years. 

He spoke highly of Vietnam’s effective coordination in implementing projects over the past years.

He pledged that JICA will continue its efforts to contribute to the growth of the Vietnam-Japan partnership, focusing on enhancing added value in the industry sector and designing climate change response policy and a human resources training plan for Vietnam.

President meets Japan’s lower house speaker

President Tran Dai Quang (right) and Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima 

President Tran Dai Quang has urged Japan’s House of Representatives (lower house) and the National Assembly of Vietnam to intensify the sharing of legislative experience and further promote their role in the development of relations between the two countries. 

The President met with Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima in Tokyo on June 1 as part of his State visit to Japan from May 29 to June 2. 

He said the two sides should closely coordinate and support each other at regional and international forums like the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. 

The leader applauded Japan’s continued support for Vietnam’s socio-economic development through official development assistance (ODA).

He called on the Japanese lower house to pay more attention to exchanges between ministries, agencies and localities of the two countries. 

Vietnam attaches importance to the extensive strategic partnership with Japan and regards the country as a leading and long-term partner, President Quang said, expressing his hope for more comprehensive and deeper Vietnam-Japan relationship, for the sake of the two countries’ people, and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

For his part, Oshima expressed his delight at the outstanding and practical developments of the extensive strategic partnership over the pat time, emphasising high-level visits by the two countries’ leaders in 2017. 

He said he was impressed by Vietnam’s active developments during his official visit to the country in May 2017. 

The House of Representatives and the House of Councilors are ready to step up exchanges between Vietnamese and Japanese parliamentarians, contributing to promoting to the extensive strategic partnership in all spheres, he said. 

The Speaker pledges to do his utmost, together with the lower house, to advance the bilateral ties to a new height. 

Oshima shared President Quang’s views on the need to maintain visits of all-level delegations and friendly exchanges between the two legislative bodies, especially young parliamentarians, considering this a foundation to ensure political trust, helping promote bilateral links in economy, trade, investment, culture, health care, national defence and security.

Parliamentary friendship alliance contributes to Vietnam-Japan ties

President Tran Dai Quang has hailed the active contributions of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance to prompting the two countries’ extensive strategic partnership.

During his meeting with President of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Toshihiro Nikai in Tokyo on June 1, President Quang expressed his pleasure to pay a State-level visit to Japan on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.

The two countries are witnessing strong and pragmatic cooperation development in various fields as well as the close exchanges between the two parties, parliaments, and the Vietnam-Japan and Japan-Vietnam parliamentary friendship alliances.

The President urged the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance to continue coordinating with the Vietnam-Japan counterpart to increase delegation exchanges and step up collaboration in economy, tourism, culture, people-to-people exchange, and human resources training.

He suggested building the Vietnam-Japan University into a leading education facility providing high-quality human resources for Vietnam and other countries in the region.

Toshihiro Nikai, who is also Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, said he was glad to welcome President Quang and his spouse and the high-level Vietnamese delegation in Japan.

He affirmed that his alliance will spare no efforts to promote the two countries’ cooperative relations in a more pragmatic manner in the time ahead, especially in delegation exchanges, investment, trade and human resources training.

VNA