General Secretary To Lam and Ms. Obuchi Yuko, Member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party and Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)
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On the afternoon of August 7, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam received Ms. Obuchi Yuko, Member of the Japanese National Assembly , Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, on the occasion of Ms. Obuchi Yuko and the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance delegation's visit to Vietnam.
At the reception, General Secretary To Lam welcomed the first visit to Vietnam by Ms. Obuchi Yuko in her capacity as Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, and the first visit to Vietnam by a leader of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance since the two countries upgraded their relations; affirming that the visit is of great significance, contributing positively to deepening the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Congratulating Ms. Obuchi Yuko on being elected as Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, the General Secretary asked Ms. Obuchi Yuko to continue the tradition and sentiments of the Alliance leaders such as the late Prime Minister Obuchi, former Chairman Nikai, and former Chairman Takebe, and continue to support and actively contribute to the development of Vietnam-Japan relations.
Emphasizing that the exchange and connection between the two countries has a history of more than 1,300 years, General Secretary To Lam expressed his joy and satisfaction when witnessing that after nearly 2 years of upgrading the relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the Vietnam-Japan relationship is in a good, substantive and comprehensive development stage in all fields with high political trust, high-level and all-level exchanges, on all channels taking place vigorously, cooperation in fields from economy, connecting human resources, labor, education and training, cooperation in new fields such as green transformation, digital transformation..., local, cultural and people-to-people exchanges are increasingly deepening.
Assessing the rich and meaningful program of activities of the delegation of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union during this visit to Vietnam, including attending an investment promotion event in Can Tho city, the General Secretary believed that this visit to Vietnam by the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union delegation will contribute to promoting cooperation between the two countries in the fields of agricultural cooperation and climate change response in the Mekong Delta region.
General Secretary To Lam and Ms. Obuchi Yuko, Member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party and Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)
Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Obuchi Yuko expressed her honor and gratitude to General Secretary To Lam for taking the time to receive the delegation and was moved by the warm welcome that Vietnamese leaders have given to the Friendship Parliamentary Alliance delegations in recent times.
Sharing the fact that her father, the late Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo, former Chairman of the Parliamentary Union, visited Vietnam on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Japan relations in 1998, Ms. Obuchi Yuko affirmed that she will inherit the tradition, continue to be the next generation of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union, and contribute to the Vietnam-Japan relationship as directed by the General Secretary.
Conveying Prime Minister Ishiba's thanks for the warm welcome of the General Secretary and Vietnamese leaders during his visit to Vietnam last April, Ms. Obuchi Yuko expressed her deep impression of the rapid economic development as well as the vitality of the country and people of Vietnam through her visits to Vietnam; believing that with a young population, the highest economic growth rate in Southeast Asia and a high level of education, Vietnam will develop further in the coming time.
Chairwoman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Obuchi Yuko affirmed that Japan supports Vietnam's renovation process and wishes to accompany Vietnam in realizing development goals in the new era.
Ms. Obuchi Yuko also emphasized the importance of further strengthening the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Japan in many fields, not only politics, economics, trade, investment, but also defense, security, and people-to-people exchange, especially in the context of the new world situation.
Ms. Obuchi Yuko affirmed that she will closely coordinate and jointly promote the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to enter a new stage of development, and will continue to make efforts to expand exchange activities between the two countries, including delegation exchanges at all levels, including parliamentary exchanges between the two Friendship Parliamentarians' Groups; pay attention to promoting cooperation between the two countries in the fields of infrastructure, emission reduction, green transformation, and urban railway construction; and wish Vietnam to successfully organize the 14th National Party Congress in 2026.
General Secretary To Lam and the delegation of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance pose for a group photo. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)
Sharing two development goals by 2030 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding and by 2045 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the country's founding, the strategy of economic model innovation for rapid and sustainable growth in the new era, the era of the Vietnamese nation's rise, General Secretary To Lam affirmed that Vietnam is determined to carry out the innovation in the field of administrative institutional reform, deploy tasks and solutions in the "Quad Pillars" with efforts to create breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, streamlining the organization of the entire political system, removing bottlenecks to open up new development space, considering the private economic sector as an important driving force of the economy, actively integrating deeply and effectively into the international community, creating the most favorable conditions for people and businesses at home and abroad.
In that process, Vietnam has persistently pursued a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, multilateralization and diversification, promoting increasingly deep and effective relations with partners, consistently considering Japan as one of the leading and long-term strategic partners, accompanying each other in the new era.
The General Secretary proposed that the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Union support the increase of high-level delegation exchanges, promote security and defense cooperation, strengthen connectivity between the two economies, mobilize Japanese enterprises to actively participate in strategic and key infrastructure projects, new energy projects that are symbolic of Vietnam-Japan cooperation, promote the pillars of cooperation in science, technology, innovation, training of high-quality human resources, further deepen local cooperation, cultural exchange, etc.; pay attention to supporting and creating favorable conditions for the community of more than 600,000 Vietnamese people in Japan.
The General Secretary suggested that the two sides strengthen coordination, share stances, and support each other at international and regional forums, especially in the context of many new developments in the regional and world situation.
At the meeting, parliamentarians and members of the leadership of the Friendship Parliamentarians' Union expressed their admiration for the renovation process in Vietnam under the strong leadership of General Secretary To Lam; expressed their support for strengthening Japan-Vietnam relations as well as their desire to promote bilateral relations in all fields, implement the 2+2 Dialogue in 2025, and coordinate to promote cooperation projects that are symbols of bilateral relations such as the Vietnam-Japan University project, infrastructure cooperation, energy, people-to-people exchange, etc.
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-thuc-day-hop-tac-viet-nhat-trong-linh-vuc-nong-nghiep-post1054363.vnp
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