During his stay in Vietnam, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with State President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and attended many important events.
On August 1, 2014, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida co-chaired the 6th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee in Hanoi with the participation of representatives from ministries and sectors of the two countries.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed that Vietnam considers Japan one of its top strategic partners while Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida emphasised Japan’s determination to boost the strategic partnership with Vietnam.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida visits Hoa Lac High - Tech Park
The two sides discussed and agreed on measures to boost bilateral ties in a comprehensive, effective and sustainable manner in the future by maintaining regular exchange of visits and meetings between the two countries’ senior leaders, promoting the role of existing dialogue mechanisms and intensifying connection between the two sides’ ministries and localities.
The two ministers reached a consensus on effectively implementing agreements signed by high-level officials, particularly major infrastructure projects such as the North-South Highway, Lach Huyen Port in Hai Phong City, and Ninh Thuan 2 Nuclear Power Plant.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida also affirmed that Japan continues to consider Vietnam as a leading partner in official development assistance (ODA). The Japanese Government continues maintaining a high level of ODA for Vietnam, focusing on supporting growth, enhancing competitiveness, improving the market economy mechanism, training human resources and preventing natural disasters.
Both sides also agreed to continue collaboration to improve the investment environment in Vietnam, speed up a public-private partnership model, and strengthen connection in trade, human resources training, science technology, climate change, culture and people-to-people exchange.
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh highly appreciated the Japanese Government’s policy for facilitating the grant of entry visas for Vietnamese citizens in recent years. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida affirmed to continue assisting Vietnam in implementing its Industrialisation Strategy in the framework of the Vietnam – Japan Cooperation and the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative to improve the investment environment in Vietnam.
