(MPI) - On the afternoon of March 14, 3, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung received Mr. Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, who is on a working visit. work in Vietnam.
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| Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and Mr. Takebe Tsutomu at the reception. Photo: MPI |
Speaking at the reception, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung expressed his joy when meeting again Mr. Takebe Tsutomu, a close friend of the Vietnamese people and the Minister personally; At the same time, he highly appreciated his personal activities and positive contributions to the Vietnam - Japan cooperative relationship in recent times.
In 2023, Vietnam - Japan upgraded their relationship to "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world". This is a very important basis to promote cooperative relationships in the new period with many potential and strategic cooperation. "The issue does not stop at upgrading the relationship, but it is important that the two countries organize and implement it to bring about practical results worthy of this relationship," Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said.
Currently, Vietnamese ministries and branches are actively implementing activities to concretize the contents of cooperation between the two sides. The Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam is focusing on implementing content to strengthen cooperation in the coming time, including issue groups of the new phase of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative with many important contents. .
Vietnam hopes that Japan and Mr. Takebe Tsutomu will personally pay attention and support Vietnam through specific programs and projects in areas such as large-scale, high-quality infrastructure; energy conversion; digital transformation; green transformation, reducing carbon emissions; promote innovation; semiconductor industry; Strengthen support and cooperation with Vietnamese businesses to improve competitiveness and connectivity to help Vietnamese businesses participate more deeply in global value chains, the Minister emphasized.
For his part, Mr. Takebe Tsutomu also expressed his joy when meeting Minister Nguyen Chi Dung again; Expressed complete agreement with the opinions raised by the Minister and said that the Vietnam - Japan cooperative relationship is currently in the best phase and the potential for cooperation in fields is still very diverse; affirmed that he will continue to pay attention and support promoting cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the mentioned fields in order to "contribute to the storm" to further develop the two countries' relationship in the coming time.
Mr. Takebe Tsutomu added that the 9th Vietnam - Japan Festival, a large-scale Vietnam - Japan cultural exchange activity, was successfully held in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation and interest. by many Vietnamese leaders, attracting nearly 400 thousand visitors. Thereby, contributing to strengthening the friendship and people-to-people exchange between Vietnam and Japan.
Regarding specific areas of cooperation, including cooperation in human resource training, Mr. Takebe Tsutomu said that the construction of the Vietnam-Japan University and the formation of the Japanese Language and Culture Center in Here to support, cooperate in training and develop human resources. In addition to training human resources with high-class practical skills in the region, this is also a practice-oriented professional training facility to train highly practical human resources to meet the needs of the two countries. Vietnam and Japan.
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung highly appreciated the content and ideas in cooperation in training and human resource development, including the development of Vietnam - Japan University; affirmed that the Ministry of Planning and Investment will closely coordinate with relevant ministries and branches in reviewing and resolving problems and promoting the progress of building the headquarters of Vietnam - Japan University. At the same time, it was said that Vietnam will plan and build a railway line from the center of Hanoi to Hoa Lac High-Tech Park. This has many meanings, including contributing to facilitating the development of Vietnam - Japan University; We hope that the Japanese side will research, cooperate, and reserve preferential ODA capital to implement this project.
In the open and sincere atmosphere of the meeting, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and Mr. Takebe Tsutomu expressed their joy about the results of Vietnam - Japan cooperation in recent times, especially the upgrade of relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and around the world; frankly sharing content that can strengthen cooperation in the coming time, contributing to further enhancing the Vietnam - Japan cooperative relationship./.
