A cooperative pledge was made between Japan’s senior officials and Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh during the latter’s five-day working visit to Japan which concluded on April 16.

While in Japan, Minister Anh met with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Hidenao Nakagawa, the head of the National Police Agency and the Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission of Japan.

Both host and guest agreed to increase efforts to further promote Vietnam-Japan cooperation based on the Joint Statement “Towards a strategic partnership for peace and friendship in Asia” which was signed during Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Japan in October 2006. They also pledged to take concrete measures to implement agreements reached between the two police organisations.

Japanese officials reaffirmed Japan’s commitment to helping Vietnam implement the Hoa Lac high-tech project and the North-South railway and highway projects.

During the five-day stay, Minister Anh and his entourage also met Tsutomu Takebe, President of the Vietnam-Japan Parliamentarians’ Friendship League and former Secretary General of the LDP.