VNA reported that on April 3, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam received Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki.
At the meeting, General Secretary To Lam expressed his pleasure and satisfaction when witnessing Vietnam -Japan relations continued the momentum and comprehensive development in all areas after more than a year of upgrading relations to comprehensive strategic partners.In which political trust continues to be strengthened, economic cooperation continues to be the main pillar, Japan continues to be the leading economic partner of Vietnam, cooperating in new fields such as green conversion, digital transformation with many specific projects.
The General Secretary affirmed that in the context of the world situation, there have been many rapid fluctuations recently, Vietnam consistently considered Japan as a leading important partner, a sincere and reliable friend, accompanying Vietnam in the development process; Desiring to implement Japan in essence and effectiveness of comprehensive strategic partners.
Sharing that to achieve the goal of being a developed country with modern industry, high average income by 2030 and a developed country with high income by 2045, the General Secretary said that Vietnam is strongly implementing a revolution of streamlining the apparatus, focusing on removing institutional bottlenecks and bottlenecks, improving the quality of infrastructure and human resources, thereby promoting a favorable investment environment for the private enterprise sector, including both Japanese and foreign enterprises.
The General Secretary highly appreciated the efforts and positive contributions of Ambassador Ito Naoki, after nearly a year of his tenure, to the development of the Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, effectively implementing agreements between senior leaders of the two countries; suggested that the two sides continue to increase high-level delegation exchanges, promote economic cooperation, Japanese enterprises actively participate in strategic and key infrastructure projects, new energy projects of Vietnam, promote cooperation in training high-quality human resources, science - technology, innovation, local cooperation, culture, tourism and expand cooperation to new areas such as green transformation, energy transformation, innovation, AI, semiconductors.
The General Secretary suggested that the two sides strengthen coordination, share positions, and support each other at international and regional forums.
Expressing the honor and thanking General Secretary To Lam for the next time and for important guidance on the priorities and focus on promoting the bilateral relations in the coming time, Ambassador ITO Naoki emphasized that Vietnam and Japan's cooperation relationship is increasingly deep in many fields, not only economic, trade, investment, but also national defense, security, people's exchanges; affirming that Japan always attaches great importance to Vietnam in implementing foreign policies in the region and the desire to accompany and support Vietnam to implement the goals of industrialization, modernization and become a developed country.
Believing in the determination of Vietnamese leaders in the revolution of streamlining the apparatus, Ambassador Ito Naoki affirmed that he will continue to closely coordinate with ministries, branches and localities of the two countries to further promote substantive cooperation between the two countries, contributing to the increasingly comprehensive and extensive development of the Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in all fields.
