The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee during Takebe’s visit to Hanoi to attend the 11th Vietnam–Japan Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7–8.

Hung, who is also Secretary of the Party Central Committee, welcomed the steady and substantive progress of the Vietnam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, expressing appreciation for Takebe’s long-standing contributions to strengthening bilateral ties, particularly in cultural exchanges, people-to-people connections, local cooperation and human resource development.

He congratulated Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on its recent victory in the House of Representatives election and expressed hope that Japanese leaders would visit Vietnam in the near future.

Hung also praised the successful organisation of the 11th Vietnam–Japan Festival in Ho Chi Minh City, noting that the event helped promote economic cooperation, cultural exchange, local partnerships and collaboration in human resource training between Ho Chi Minh City and Japan, as well as between the two countries more broadly.

Sharing Vietnam’s long-term development aspirations, Hung stressed that building a strong industrial base and developing high-quality human resources are key conditions for achieving the country’s two centennial development goals.

He affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to Japan and considers it one of its leading strategic partners. Vietnam, he said, hopes to learn from Japan’s experience and further expand cooperation in training high-quality human resources, while also promoting collaboration in politics, defence and security, economy, culture, labour and local partnerships on the basis of mutual benefit.

For his part, Takebe congratulated Vietnam on the successful organisation of the recent 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

He thanked Vietnamese leaders for their strong support in promoting the Vietnam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and shared ideas on how Japan could accompany Vietnam in developing human resources to support the country’s industrialisation, modernisation and long-term development goals.

Takebe also briefed his host on recent progress in the Vietnam–Japan University project.

Hung affirmed that Vietnamese leaders attach great importance to the project, describing it as a symbolic initiative in bilateral cooperation. He suggested that both sides continue to coordinate closely to begin construction of the university in 2026, in line with agreements reached by senior leaders of the two countries.

The university is expected to become a centre for training high-quality human resources and contribute more significantly to Vietnam’s long-term development.

Takebe thanked Hung for his guidance and reaffirmed his commitment to continuing efforts to further strengthen the Vietnam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the coming time.

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