In Quang Ninh province on the morning of November 25, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the first Vietnam - Japan Local Cooperation Forum with the theme "Accompanying comprehensive development - Creating a sustainable future".
The event, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in coordination with the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province, gathered delegates from nearly 50 localities and hundreds of Vietnamese and Japanese enterprises, becoming the largest local cooperation forum ever between the two countries.
Prime Minister suggests 6 orientations for Vietnam - Japan cooperation to break through
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The forum is considered a concrete step to realize the agreement between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and former Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru in April 2025, and takes place on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of upgrading Vietnam - Japan relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (November 2023 - November 2025) and after Vietnam implemented the 2-level local government model from July 1.
Speaking at the forum, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his pleasure to meet again with local leaders and Japanese businesses - close friends of the Vietnamese people and Quang Ninh province.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the theme of the forum, considering it a strategic message, demonstrating the spirit of "sincerity - affection - trust - efficiency - win-win", contributing to making the relationship between the two countries blossom and bear fruit from substantive cooperation activities at the local level.
6 major orientations for Vietnam - Japan cooperation to break through
The Prime Minister said that the Vietnam-Japan relationship is at a particularly favorable time. In addition to the important results achieved in recent times, the room and potential for cooperation between Vietnam and Japan is still very large. To contribute to further exploiting this room and at the same time improving the quality and effectiveness of cooperation between the business communities and localities of the two countries, the Prime Minister proposed and suggested 6 major orientations for the two sides to strengthen cooperation, exchange and discussion at the forum.
Firstly, be proactive, creative, and promote the potentials and complementary factors between the two countries' localities to promote cooperation on the principle of "mutual benefit", "what one side needs, the other side has", for common prosperity.
Second, identify "taking enterprises and people as the center, subject, goal, driving force and main resource of cooperation".
Third, identifying cultural exchange and mutual understanding as the foundation of long-term cooperation, the Prime Minister suggested that both sides discuss and propose specific initiatives to enhance cultural connections, tourism, people-to-people exchanges between the two countries in general and understanding between localities in particular.
Fourth, identifying innovation and digital transformation as new growth drivers for local cooperation. The Prime Minister suggested that both sides study and promote cooperation models on digital technology, AI, smart cities, startup incubators, research and development (R&D) centers, etc.; hoping that the Japanese side will increase experience sharing and support for Vietnamese localities and enterprises in building an innovation ecosystem, promoting digital transformation in local governments, and improving policy-making and governance capacity in priority areas such as AI, mobile infrastructure, semiconductors, etc.
Forum scene
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Fifth, further strengthen cooperation in green transformation, climate change response, resource management, natural disaster prevention and control; the two sides exchange and share experiences, propose specific cooperation projects on green infrastructure, urban flood prevention, waste and wastewater treatment, smart agriculture adapting to climate change, renewable energy, etc.
Sixth, strengthen cooperation in training and supplement human resources for each other, in the context of Japan's labor shortage, while Vietnam is in the "golden population" period and adjusting policies to develop population, improve people's knowledge, train human resources, and foster talents.
The head of the Government suggested that Japan faces an aging population and labor shortage; Vietnam has a young workforce, but needs capital and technology transfer. Each locality needs to identify 1-2 priority areas and soon implement 2-3 specific projects in the next few years.
The spirit of "work, work" and "3 together"
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Vietnamese Government welcomes the spirit of "Work! Work! Work and Work!" of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, and pledged to continue accompanying Japanese businesses and localities according to the "3 together" motto.
That is, listening and understanding between the State - enterprises - people; sharing vision and action for rapid and sustainable development; working together - winning together - enjoying together - being proud together.
The Prime Minister believes that the forum will become a "new boost" for Vietnam-Japan relations, opening up a promising chapter of cooperation in many fields: trade, investment, tourism, academia, science - technology and people-to-people exchange.
From cooperation to "co-creation"
In his message to the forum, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae affirmed that Japan considers Vietnam a strategic partner in the new period. The Japanese Prime Minister believes that "the youthful vitality of Vietnamese localities will inspire Japan", through which the two countries can together "co-create a sustainable future".
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung also assessed that this forum brought with it "a new mindset - new vitality - new expectations", opening up more specific cooperation opportunities between localities in investment, labor, digital transformation, tourism, technology and youth exchange.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thu-tuong-de-xuat-6-dinh-huong-tang-cuong-hop-tac-viet-nam-nhat-ban-18525112512223811.htm
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