Vietnam treasures extensive partnership with Japan, says NA Chairman
VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers Japan as an extensive, important and long-term strategic partner in its foreign policy, and wants to boost this extensive strategic partnership with Japan, says National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
Vietnam supports Japan in promoting its role as a global power, making a positive contribution to peace and development in the region and the world at large, Hue told Oshima Tadamori, Speaker of the House of Representative of the Japanese Diet during their phone talks on June 21.
He thanked the National Diet, Government and people of Japan for recently donating one million doses of vaccine to Vietnam, helping it carry out its vaccine strategy in key localities.
For his part, Oshima Tadamori affirmed that Japan will work closely with international mechanisms and organizations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations, and G7 countries to assist all countries worldwide to access COVID-19 vaccines for domestic use.
Japan will work alongside Vietnam to ensure all of its residents are vaccinated against COVID-19, paving the way for sustainable economic recovery and development, said Tadamori.
He also thanked Vietnam for creating favourable conditions for Japanese businesses to operate efficiently in the country.
NA Chairman Hue suggested that the two sides strengthen economic connectivity on the basis of the Joint Statement released during a Japan visit in 2015 by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong that focuses on enhancing production capacity and developing quality human resources.
He expressed his hope that Japan will continue to support and receive more Vietnamese interns and workers to meet its businesses’ huge labour need.
The two leaders stressed the need to promote reciprocal visit exchanges as well as cooperation between their legislative bodies. In this regard, Hue suggested the two sides increase experience sharing, especially in legislation, in order to create an environment conducive to local and foreign businesses, including those from Japan.
During talks, the two sides highlighted ASEAN’s central role in resolving regional and international issues. They jointly affirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability, security, safety, freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea, respecting the rule of law, and peacefully settling sea - related disputes according to international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982).
They highly appreciated ASEAN’s efforts in resolving the crisis in Myanmar with the ‘five-point consensus’ that gives Myanmar people hope to end the violence.
