Promoting four strategic cooperation priorities between Vietnam and Japan

General Secretary and President To Lam has proposed promoting four strategic cooperation priorities between Vietnam and Japan, focusing on political trust, economic linkage, innovation, and cooperation between the localities of the two countries.

According to Vietnam News Agency, within the framework of his official visit to Japan, General Secretary and President To Lam on November 10 held meetings with leaders of the Japanese Communist Party, former Prime Ministers, former Chairmen of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, and governors of several Japanese localities.

The meetings focused on implementing the Vietnam-Japan Joint Vision Statement, promoting the comprehensive strategic partnership to develop substantively and effectively, aiming for high-quality growth, strategic autonomy, and resilience.

Enhancing political trust, expanding economic linkages

During meetings with former Japanese Prime Ministers Ishiba Shigeru, Kishida Fumio, and Aso Taro, the General Secretary and President urged the former Prime Ministers to continue supporting the elevation of the comprehensive strategic partnership in the spirit of the recently adopted Vietnam-Japan Joint Vision Statement, focusing on four cooperation priorities.

First, enhancing political trust through regular exchanges and contacts across Party, State, and National Assembly channels; strengthening economic cooperation, economic linkage, and ensuring economic security.

Additionally, expanding cooperation in innovation, space technology, high-tech agriculture; improving the effectiveness of cooperation between the localities of the two countries.

The former Japanese Prime Ministers appreciated the significance of General Secretary and President To Lam's official visit, affirming continued support to bring the bilateral relationship into a new development phase as partners in co-creation and mutual benefit, aiming for high-quality growth, strategic autonomy, and resilience.

Former PM Aso Taro welcomed the results of the talks between General Secretary and President To Lam and Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae on November 9, particularly the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP).

Former PM Kishida Fumio affirmed the continued promotion of high-level delegation exchanges, leveraging the role of the two Friendship Parliamentary Groups. Meanwhile, former PM Ishiba Shigeru highly appreciated Vietnam's development achievements, foreign relations, and increasingly important contributions in the region and internationally.

Expanding investment in technology, clean energy and logistics

In meetings with Nikai Toshihiro, former Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance; Koike Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo, along with Governors of Niigata, Yamanashi, Mie, and Wakayama provinces, General Secretary and President To Lam affirmed that Japan continues to be a leading strategic partner of Vietnam with a high level of political trust.

Appreciating the contributions of Japanese localities in economic, trade, healthcare, high-tech agriculture cooperation, and sustainable development, the General Secretary and President called for their continued role as a bridge, expanding cooperation with Vietnamese localities.

The focus is on fields such as science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, green transformation, artificial intelligence, and smart cities.

The Vietnam's top leader encouraged Japanese enterprises to expand investment in Vietnam in areas of strength such as manufacturing, clean energy, infrastructure, and logistics; while enhancing cooperation in training, receiving labor, engineers, and high-quality human resources from Vietnam.

On the Japanese side, Nikai Toshihiro and the Governors expressed their desire to promote local businesses to invest in Vietnam, expand cooperation in high-tech agriculture, science and technology, energy, labor, and tourism; while enhancing the sharing of disaster response experiences.

The General Secretary and President affirmed that Vietnam is ready to create favorable conditions for businesses from Japanese localities to cooperate, invest, and successfully conduct business in Vietnam.

During a meeting with Shii Kazuo, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party, General Secretary and President To Lam informed about the important results of the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and development orientations in the new phase.

Vietnam focuses on stabilizing the macroeconomy, innovating the development model, building strategic infrastructure, promoting digital transformation based on science and technology and innovation, aiming to become a developed, high-income country by 2045.

Particularly, the General Secretary and President requested the Japanese Communist Party to voice with the Japanese Government to create an equal and favorable working environment for Vietnamese citizens working in Japan.