Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation from Vietnam arrived at Hiroshima Airport on May 19 to begin a three-day trip to attend the expanded Summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan.
The extended G7 summit is scheduled for May 20 and 21. There will be three sessions on the topics of handling multiple crises, joint efforts for a sustainable planet, and moving towards a peaceful, stable and prosperous world.
The invitation to Vietnam to attend the expanded G7 Summit from Japan, which holds the rotating Presidency of the G7, demonstrates the importance the grouping in general and Japan in particular attaches to the country’s increasing role in the region.
Vietnam is among eight countries invited to the gathering by Japan.
This is the third time Vietnamese leaders have attended, following 2016 in Japan and 2018 in Canada, and the second time Vietnam has been invited as a single nation, not in its capacity as a representative of an organization or a group of countries in the region.
In the context of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan (1973 - 2023), Prime Minister Chinh’s trip to the country is expected to further strengthen mutual trust and drive bilateral relations forward, particularly cooperation in focal areas such as economy, trade, new-generation ODA, high quality infrastructure, green transformation, and energy transition.
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