PM Chinh meets with leaders of Japanese National Diet
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held separate meetings with President of the House of Councillors of Japan Otsuji Hidehisa and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nukaga Fukushiro, as part of his trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and bilateral activities.
Meeting President Otsuji, the Vietnamese Government chief said his Vietnam visit in September was one of the important and meaningful events in the year marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties as a contribution to consolidating political trust, deepening understanding and intensifying exchanges between the two legislatures and their parliamentarians.
He suggested Otsuji and the Japanese House of Councillors further enhance the role of the two legislatures in the development of bilateral relations; support and assist Vietnam in carrying out three strategic breakthroughs, industrialization and modernization.
In addition, there should be a focus on strengthening exchanges between friendship parliamentarians’ groups of the two countries, young lawmakers, as well as creating favourable conditions for over 520,000 Vietnamese living in Japan, including tax exemption for Vietnamese workers.
Otsuji, for his part, said PM Chinh's presence at the summit and his bilateral activities in Japan will contribute to concretizing the newly-established cooperation framework, deepening bilateral relations across various areas.
He pledged to beef up Vietnam-Japan comprehensive strategic partnership in all fields, while underling the need to augment close cooperation and exchanges between the two legislative bodies in the time to come.
In his meeting with Speaker Nukaga, the Vietnamese cabinet leader suggested that Nukaga and the Japanese House of Representatives support the enhancement of Vietnam-Japan multifaceted cooperation within the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World. This includes stepping up collaboration and exchanges between the two legislatures and boosting the exchange of high-ranking delegations, as well as exchanges between lawmakers, especially young and female ones.
He also sought support for fostering connectivity between the two economies, assisting Vietnam in building an independent and self-reliant economy, industrialisation and modernisation efforts, as well as propelling Vietnam-Japan ties forward in digital transformation, green transition, climate change response, natural resource conservation and national defence-security.
The PM proposed that the Speaker speed up the effective implementation of the new-generation ODA programme with high incentives, simple and flexible procedures for Vietnam's large-scale strategic infrastructure projects, green transition and digital transformation, locality-to-locality and people-to-people exchanges, labour and workforce training cooperation.
In response, Nukaga wished for closer cooperation between the two legislatures in the coming time and committed to policies aimed at improving living conditions of the Vietnamese community in Japan, particularly improving their income in the context of the depreciating yen. He voiced support for simplifying procedures, moving toward visa exemption for Vietnamese citizens entering Japan.
