Continuing the program of activities in Japan within the framework of a business trip to attend the 50th Anniversary Summit of ASEAN-Japan, on December 18, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working breakfast with leaders of the Association. Co-promoting People's Diplomacy (FEC) and receiving the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chairman of the Japanese People's Council for the Promotion of Diplomacy Ken Matsuzawa. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
"6 more things" for Vietnam-Japan relations to have a new breakthrough
Receiving Chairman of the Japanese People's Diplomacy Promotion Council (FEC) Matsuzawa Ken, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that in recent years there have been many rich and effective activities, contributing to promoting friendly relations. and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Japan. FEC has sent economic, educational and cultural survey delegations to Vietnam; Conduct investment and trade promotion activities between the two countries; support human resource development for Vietnam; contact and interact with delegations from Vietnam visiting Japan; Actively support the activities of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan.
Mr. Matsuzawa Ken said that the Council and the people of Japan are very happy to welcome Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; highly appreciates Vietnam's strong role in ASEAN and the region, attracting the world's attention in the fields of politics, economics, and diplomacy, and at the same time world friends also know about its dynamic activities. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's positive actions.
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FEC Chairman Matsuzawa Ken is pleased to see that over the past time, Vietnam - Japan relations have developed positively and well, the two countries join hands, enjoy each other's joys and sorrows, learn from each other, and actively contribute to peace. stability and development of the region and the world. He believes that the Prime Minister's business trip will be extremely successful, continuing to promote and contribute to Vietnam - Japan relations in the coming time.
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| Reviewing the milestones and great achievements in 50 years of Vietnam-Japan relations with many great advances, the Prime Minister said that there are "6 more things" in Vietnam-Japan relations. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
He agreed with the Prime Minister's view that the most important thing is to take action, bringing practical and effective benefits. The delegates participating in the meeting are all businesses that have invested in Vietnam or are looking to invest in Vietnam and in the coming time, based on the Prime Minister's direction, the Council will strongly promote further investment activities, cooperation, and economic links with Vietnam.
Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was pleased to meet Chairman Ken Matsuzawa again. The Prime Minister applauded FEC for always paying deep attention to Vietnam, making many practical and effective contributions to the development of relations between the two countries, bringing benefits to the people of the two countries, creating an environment peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
The Prime Minister informed that during his official visit to Japan last November, President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio jointly issued a Declaration on upgrading Vietnam - Japan relations to "Strategic Partnership". comprehensively for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world", opening a new page of the Vietnam - Japan friendly and cooperative relationship developing strongly, effectively and comprehensively with a 11-year vision. next.
Reviewing the milestones and great achievements in 50 years of Vietnam-Japan relations with many great advances, the Prime Minister said that there are "6 more things": Deeper affection; sincerity is felt more clearly; higher reliability; more effective and substantive; Cooperation is increasingly expanding in scope and scale; understand each other and love each other more and more.
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| The Head of the Vietnamese Government requested the Council, the people and Japanese businesses to continue to support and accompany Vietnam. (Photo: Duong Giang) |
Regarding specific data, the Prime Minister said that Japan continues to be Vietnam's most important economic partner, the largest ODA aid provider, the second labor cooperation partner, investor and third tourism partner, fourth trade partner of Vietnam. In particular, with over 5.200 projects and more than 71,5 billion USD in registered capital, Japanese investors have been present in most localities of Vietnam, participating in many strategic projects in a number of localities. key areas.
In the coming time, the Prime Minister said that the two sides need to continue to educate the young generation of the two countries to constantly preserve and promote the friendship that is an invaluable asset between the two peoples; promote what has been done, learn from what has not been done; concretize the comprehensive strategic partnership into specific programs, schemes, and projects, thereby bringing about measurable effects, strengthening sincerity, affection, trust, and The relationship between the two countries is becoming more and more profound, substantive, and effective.
The Head of the Vietnamese Government requested the Council, the people and Japanese businesses to continue to support and accompany Vietnam in the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country; implementing 3 strategic breakthroughs (building and perfecting institutions; building modern and synchronous infrastructure; training and developing high-quality human resources), specifically calling for more investment capital with better incentives, cooperation in research and transfer of high technology, human resource training, labor cooperation, improving management capacity in a modern direction, contributing to building institutions, policies and regulations .
ODA cooperation is an important content in Vietnam-Japan relations
Receiving President of the Japan International Development Agency Tanaka Akihiko and leaders of JICA, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that JICA continue to pay attention and research the provision of new generation ODA in the form of budget support to Vietnam develops strategic infrastructure projects.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his respect and appreciation for the important contributions of JICA as well as the Chairman personally in implementing ODA projects in Vietnam recently; said that the Vietnamese government and people are very interested and always strive to seriously and effectively implement ODA loans.
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JICA President Tanaka Akihiko was pleased to meet Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh again, especially after Vietnam-Japan upgraded relations to "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the Pacific." "world" is happy because during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's business trip to Japan this time, new Official Development Assistance (ODA) cooperation agreements between the two countries were signed.
The Prime Minister thanked JICA for coordinating with Vietnam to effectively implement procedures for the new generation ODA loan of 50 billion yen (351,4 million USD) and recent ODA projects, making Japan a providing the number 1 ODA to Vietnam, contributing to exciting ODA cooperation between the two countries.
Considering that ODA cooperation is an important content of economic links between the two countries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested JICA to coordinate more closely with ministries, branches and localities of Vietnam to specifically Transforming the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the world" between Vietnam and Japan with specific programs and projects, with specific and effective roadmaps. than.
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| JICA President said he will coordinate closely with ministries, branches and localities of Vietnam to implement cooperation according to the priorities mentioned by the Prime Minister. (Photo: Nhat Bac) |
Among them, the Japanese side continues to pay attention and research the provision of new generation ODA in the form of budget support for Vietnam to develop strategic infrastructure projects, especially transportation infrastructure projects. Large scale such as railways, highways, seaports, airlines...
Along with that, support Vietnam to develop new fields such as Digital Transformation, Green Transformation, semiconductor industry, innovation, strengthening labor cooperation, health care, education, and environmental protection , improving people's quality of life...
Thanking and strongly agreeing with the opinions of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, JICA Chairman said he will coordinate closely with ministries, branches and localities of Vietnam to implement cooperation according to the priorities that The Prime Minister mentioned; We hope that the Vietnamese side will coordinate to jointly resolve problems that arise during the implementation of specific projects.
