President Vo Van Thuong receives Chairman of Japan's Komeito Party

On the morning of August 23, at the Presidential Palace, President Vo Van Thuong received a delegation of the Japanese Komeito Party led by Party Chairman Yamaguchi Natsuo, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

President Vo Van Thuong receives Chairman of the Japanese Komeito Party Yamaguchi Natsuo. Photo: VNA

President Vo Van Thuong was delighted to welcome Chairman of the Komeito Party of Japan to Vietnam on the occasion of the two countries organizing many activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties (1973-2023); at the same time, he expressed his belief that the visit will contribute significantly to promoting stronger cooperation between the two countries, VNA reported.

Chairman of the Japanese Komeito Party Yamaguchi Natsuo thanked President Vo Van Thuong for taking the time to meet him and sent condolences to the Vietnamese Government on the recent passing of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh .

Sharing his feelings about returning to visit Vietnam after more than 30 years since 1991, Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo congratulated Vietnam on its strong and impressive development, especially in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

He expressed his joy at the great achievements in the Vietnam-Japan cooperative relationship after 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Party Chairman Kominho suggested that the two countries promote cooperation in human resource development, especially when there are about 500,000 Vietnamese people working and studying in Japan and more than 1,000 Japanese enterprises investing, producing and doing business in Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo shared his joy at witnessing many important infrastructure development projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, invested in and built by Japanese partners.

President Vo Van Thuong thanked Mr. Yamaguchi Natsuo for sending condolences to the Vietnamese Government on the passing of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh.

The President emphasized that the Vietnam-Japan relationship is developing increasingly substantively and effectively in all fields.

The two countries have high political trust after 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations. This is a good foundation to shape the relationship between the two countries in the next 50 years.

Scene of the reception. Photo: VNA

Pleased with the good cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Komeito Party of Japan, the President highly appreciated the role of the Komeito Party in the process of building and developing Japan's economy and society and in efforts to promote bilateral cooperation between Japan and Vietnam.

The President suggested that the two sides increase the exchange of high-level delegations because this is also a good tradition between the two countries.

Stating that Vietnam wishes to further promote people-to-people exchange activities between the two countries, the President suggested increasing exchanges between Vietnamese and Japanese youth, thereby creating a premise to maintain and promote cooperation between the two countries in the future.

The President thanked the Government and people of Japan for always paying attention to and creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese workers, interns and students to work and study in Japan, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development of Japan and fostering the friendly relations between the two countries.

Appreciating the effectiveness of economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, the President said that Vietnam's socio-economic development achievements have been due to important contributions from many cooperation programs and projects of Japanese enterprises and investors.

The Vietnamese people thank these important contributions and hope that both sides will continue to expand cooperation for the benefit of each side.

In the current complicated regional and global context, the President suggested that the two countries coordinate more closely and continue to support each other at international forums for common peace and prosperity in the region and the world.

The President hopes that the Komeito Party, chaired by Yamaguchi Natsuo, will continue to receive support from the Japanese people, contribute more to Japan's socio-economic development, and promote cooperative relations with Vietnam to become increasingly better and more effective in the future.

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