Vietnam highly values cooperative ties with Japan, says legislature leader
VOV.VN - Vietnam highly values cooperative ties with Japan, and expects the two sides will further strengthen cooperation through all channels, including people-to-people exchanges, business connectivity and local cooperation.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue was speaking at a reception for Kenta Izumi, leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), in Hanoi on August 30.
He thanked Japan’s political parties for supporting the strengthening of the strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia between Vietnam and Japan over the years, serving as an important foundation for the two countries to further enhance their partnership in the coming decades.
He briefed his guest on Vietnam’s major development targets till 2030 and especially 2045 when the country will mark its centenary independence, as well as its net-zero emissions commitments by 2050, saying to realise the targets, Vietnam, besides its resources and efforts, needs international support and assistance, including those from Japan.
Kenta Izumi for his part informed his host about the organizational structure of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan which is partly tasked with helping to improve the safe environment for the expatriate community, including Vietnamese nationals, in Japan.
He said his party would cooperate more closely with Vietnam as one of Japan’s leading partners in realizing the goals set by the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Both host and guest shared the view that the two countries need to step up cooperation in the fields of high technology, climate change response, and socio-economic development, along with promoting cooperation in defense and security.
They also said Vietnam and Japan should continue to cooperate and share experiences in the fields of institution building, technological and financial cooperation in digital transformation and energy transformation.
Hue suggested that more Japanese MPs visit Vietnam to share experiences in legislation, supervision, and decision making. He expected to receive Japanese MPs in Hanoi in September for the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.
Meanwhile, Kenta thanked the National Assembly of Vietnam for supporting the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
The two leaders affirmed that both Vietnam and Japan support ASEAN’s common view regarding peace and stability as well as peaceful settlement of disputes in the East Sea, in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
