Vietnam and Japan Signed 12 Cooperation Agreements

The Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the President of Japan – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union- Nikai Toshihiro, on January 12^th, 2020 met with the Vietnam’s Prime Minister- Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hoi An to discuss economic, cultural and tourist exchange topics.

At the meeting, the representative of Vietnam welcomed the Japanese delegation to come and exchange of economic, cultural and tourism exchanges of the two countries. The representative of Vietnam affirmed that Vietnam appreciate the cooperation with Japan, especially in economic matters. At the moment, Japan is the top country with FDI in Danang in particular and Vietnam in general. The Japanese investors set up company, obtain investment registation certificate and invest in various business lines including IT, trading, real estate, design consultancy, engineering. Based on the cooperation between the countries, Vietnam and Japan have achieved many positive effects on the economy, education, culture, social security.

The representative of Vietnam confirmed that the relationship between the countries developed into many fields as “extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia” established in 2014, in which, Japan always is the trustful, important partner of Vietnam.

The representative of Japan expressed his pleasure to visit Vietnam in the beginning of 2020. He said that the organization of the delegation has the largest scale ever with more than 1,000 delegates, and diverse members from National Assembly deputies, representatives of ministries, branches, local leaders, businesses and people of Japan showed high interest and consensus within Japan from the National Assembly, the Government, localities, business community and people towards strengthening and deepening friendly and cooperative relations with Vietnam in the coming time.

By this meeting, the representatives of the two countries witnessed the signing and exchange of 12 cooperation documents, memorandums of understanding between ministries, branches, localities and businesses of the two countries. By these cooperation documents, the two countries hope that in the future, they will cooperate more together in all aspects of culture, education, economy and society to realize their construction goals and develop the countries.