On the afternoon of April 28, at the National Assembly House, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the meeting, the two leaders expressed their delight at the substantial development of Vietnam - Japan relations after nearly 2 years of upgrading to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; agreed to enhance political trust, promote exchanges and delegation exchanges between the two Parties and the two National Assemblies.
Welcome and appreciate the results of the meeting between IShiba Prime Minister and General Secretary To Lam; Politburo member, President Luong Cuong and talks with Politburo Member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with many deep contents of relations between the two countries, the Chairman of the National Assembly assessed the visit of Vietnam this time by the Prime Minister of Japan has opened many new cooperation opportunities in all fields, especially economics, trade, science and technology, digital transformation, high -quality human resources, two -quality human resources, two -quality human resource training, two -quality human resource training, high -quality human resources, two -quality human resource training, two -quality human resource training, two -quality human resource training, high -quality human resources water.
Prime Minister Ishiba hopes that the two countries' National Assemblies will increase exchanges and share experiences on the organization of National Assembly elections.
Highly appreciating and thanking Japan for its valuable support and cooperation in the legislative sector, as well as Japan's ODA and FDI capital for Vietnam's socio-economic development, the National Assembly Chairman affirmed that Vietnam considers Japan one of the top and long-term important partners; suggested that the two sides strengthen cooperation in four priority areas: economy, human resource training, people-to-people exchanges and local cooperation.
The National Assembly Chairman proposed promoting economic linkages, supporting Vietnamese enterprises to participate in the global supply chain, encouraging Japanese investment in the fields of high-tech agriculture, renewable energy and infrastructure; expanding high-quality training programs, exchanging students and workers, contributing to solving the problem of population aging in Japan and improving capacity for Vietnam.
The National Assembly Chairman also suggested that the two sides strengthen cultural and tourism exchange activities and close cooperation between the two countries' localities, continue to pay attention to and organize Mekong Cultural Tourism Day in Can Tho City, thereby deepening the friendship between the people of Vietnam and Japan.
Prime Minister Ishiba affirmed that Japan will continue to support Vietnam's development through enhancing high-tech industrial cooperation, training high-quality human resources, and semiconductors.
Prime Minister Ishiba agreed to continue to encourage Japanese enterprises to continue to increase investment in Vietnamese localities, including Can Tho City; affirmed supporting Vietnam in building infrastructure, responding to natural disasters, climate change, green transformation, digital transformation on the basis of promoting Japan's strengths; promoting labor cooperation, training high-quality human resources.
Having held the position of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Prime Minister Ishiba said that the Japanese agricultural sector is facing many difficulties; hoping that the two sides will promote stronger cooperation in the agricultural sector, including Japan's support for Vietnam in developing high-tech agriculture and digitalizing the agricultural sector.
