Minh congratulated Japan on successfully holding the G20 Summit and thanked the Japanese government for its warm welcome to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his visit and attendance of the summit from June 27 – July 1.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan Kanehara Nobukatsu.

He was satisfied about enhanced political ties, regular high-level visits, and increasingly expansive national defence-security, economic, trade and investment ties.

Kanehara Nobukatsu, who is also Deputy Secretary General of National Security Secretariat of Japan, affirmed that Japan wants to increase cooperation with Vietnam and continue assisting the country in sustainable development.

On regional and global issues, both sides agreed to regularly share information of mutual interest, continue working closely together at multilateral forums, especially at the United Nations, extended ASEAN collaboration mechanisms and Japan – Mekong partnership in the context that Vietnam is a coordinator of ASEAN – Japan relations for the 2018-2021 period, ASEAN Chair 2020 and non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure.

Japanese firms plan to pour 4 billion USD in Hanoi’s projects

Leading Japanese corporations on July 1 signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Hanoi to invest a total of close to 4 billion USD in projects in the capital city.

Prime Minister meets Vietnamese community in Japan

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 1 met with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the country. 

Vietnam, Japan agree on employing specific skilled workers

Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and four Japanese agencies on July 1 signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on sending specific skilled workers of Vietnam to work in Japan.

Vietnam values extensive strategic partnership with Japan

The upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from June 27 to July 1 during which he will attend G20 Summit shows how important the two countries’ partnership is to Vietnam.

Prime Minister, Japanese Ambassador discuss Vietnam-Japan ties

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Kunio Umeda in Hanoi on June 20 to discuss measures to promote cooperation between the two countries.

Source: VNA