On May 25, during his working visit to Japan and attending the 5th Future of Asia Conference in Tokyo, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang met with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Chairman of the Justice Party (Ruling Alliance) Yamaguchi Natsuo.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa. |
Talking with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang congratulated Japan on successfully organizing the expanded G7 Summit with many meaningful contents, contributing to solving global problems.
The Deputy Prime Minister asked Minister Hayashi to pay attention to implement the contents discussed at the recent high-level talks between the two countries' Prime Ministers in Hiroshima, including cooperation in ODA, investment, trade, tourism, local cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges.
Emphasizing that Vietnam is interested in and wants Japan to give priority to participating in Japan's support program to build high-quality infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region ($75 billion), the Asian Energy Transformation Initiative (AETI, $10 billion), the Deputy Prime Minister asked Japan to provide a new generation of ODA for Vietnam with higher incentives.
As Head of the Steering Committee for the Vietnamese side on activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the Deputy Prime Minister proposed the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to actively coordinate with the Vietnamese side to organize meaningful commemorative activities; suggested that the Japanese Government continue to have many policies of interest and support for Vietnamese people in Japan to live, study and work smoothly, including considering income tax and visa exemption for Vietnamese citizens to enter Japan.
Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang's visit to Japan; thanks for Vietnam's active, effective and responsible contribution to the success of the recent G7 Expanded Summit; affirming that Vietnam has a leading position in the implementation of Japan's foreign policy in the region; highly appreciated Vietnam's growing role and position in the international arena, as well as its socio-economic achievements in recent years.
Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa affirmed that Japan will continue to cooperate and support Vietnam's development in many fields, including continuing to promote ODA cooperation with Vietnam in the fields of Japan's strengths and high technology; proposed the two sides to discuss to bring the extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan to a new height in the near future.
Minister Hayashi highly appreciated Vietnam's efforts and achievements in improving the investment environment over the past time; affirming that Japanese businesses consider Vietnam as an important leading partner in the process of diversifying supply chains in the region.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa also discussed a number of international and regional issues of mutual concern, including the East Sea issue, Japan-ASEAN cooperation, etc.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang meets with Chairman of the Public Party Yamaguchi Natsuo. |
At the meeting with Chairman of the Justice Party Yamaguchi Natsuo, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang thanked the Cong Minh Party for its important contributions in the role of the ruling Party Alliance to the development of Vietnam-Japan relations over the past time.
Regarding cooperation between the two countries, the Deputy Prime Minister agreed with President Yamaguchi's proposal to strengthen the exchanges of the National Assembly Party channels between the two countries, in which to promote exchanges of parliamentarians, especially female and young parliamentarians, and strengthen cooperation between the two countries in many fields; suggested that the Cong Minh Party support measures to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese people to enter, live and work in Japan.
President Yamaguchi Natsuo welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang's visit to Japan on the occasion of the two countries' 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations and attending the 28th Asia Future Conference.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang agreed with President Yamaguchi's proposal to increase the exchange of the National Assembly Party channel between the two countries. |
President Yamaguchi highly appreciated the fact that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation went to Hiroshima, the historic city to attend the G7 Summit, as a demonstration of Vietnam's support for a peaceful world without nuclear weapons; affirming that the Cong Minh Party has, is and will continue to support and cooperate in order to further deepen the Vietnam-Japan friendship and cooperation relationship; agreed to promote the Japanese Government to create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Japan.
President Yamaguchi also highly appreciated that the two countries have many cultural exchange activities, including the Vietnam Festival at Yoyogi Park, Tokyo with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people, which is especially loved by the Japanese people in general and Tokyo in particular; expressed his wish to lead the Cong Minh Party Congress delegation to visit Vietnam in 2023.
